Seaford Head Explained

Seaford Head
Type:Local Nature Reserve
Grid Ref Uk:TV 509 981
Location:Seaford, East Sussex
Area:150.2ha
Manager:Sussex Wildlife Trust, East Sussex County Council, National Trust

Seaford Head is a 150.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off Local Nature Reserve east of Seaford in East Sussex.[1] [2] It is part of Seaford to Beachy Head Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3] An area of 83ha is owned by Seaford Town Council and managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust. The rest is divided between Seven Sisters Country Park, which is owned and managed by East Sussex County Council, and an area owned by the National Trust.[4]

The site has diverse habitats with chalk grassland, chalk cliffs, scrub, vegetated shingle, wet grassland, saltmarsh and rockpools. Grassland flora include kidney vetch, squinancywort, moon carrot and clustered bellflower. There are butterflies such as silver-spotted skipper, chalkhill blue and adonis blue.[5]

References

50.763°N 0.138°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Seaford Head. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 19 February 2019.
  2. Web site: Map of Seaford Head. Local Nature Reserves . Natural England. 19 February 2019.
  3. Web site: Designated Sites View: Seaford to Beachy Head . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 10 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Seaford Head . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 10 January 2019.
  5. Web site: Seaford Head Local Nature Reserve Guide. Sussex Wildlife Trust . 19 February 2019.