Medway Estuary and Marshes

Medway Estuary and Marshes is a 4,748.8-hectare (11,735-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the banks of the River Medway between Gillingham and Sheerness in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] a Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[5]

Medway Estuary and Marshes
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationKent
Grid referenceTQ 849 710[1]
InterestBiological
Area4,748.8 hectares (11,735 acres)[1]
Notification1991[1]
Location mapMagic Map

This site is internationally important for its wintering birds, and nationally important for its breeding birds. It is also has an outstanding flora, such as the nationally rare oak-leaved goosefoot and the nationally scarce slender hare's-ear.[6]

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. "Map of Medway Estuary and Marshes". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 4. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  5. "Designated Sites View: Medway Estuary and Marshes". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  6. "Medway Estuary and Marshes citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

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