Rye Harbour SSSI

Rye Harbour
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Shown within East Sussex
Area of Search East Sussex
Grid reference TQ935180
Interest Biological and Geologial
Area 761.1 ha (1,881 acres)
Notification 1953 (1953)
Natural England website

Rye Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest is a nature reserve located on the western side of the mouth of the River Rother at Rye Harbour, about 1 mile downstream from Rye East Sussex. It forms part of a wide network of SSSI's on the Kent-Sussex border that include the Romney & Walland Marsh, the Dungeness Peninsular, the lower Rother Valley and the Pett Levels.[1].

It is a complicated site of both biological and geological interest. Varied habitats of shingle, saltmarsh and intertidal muds hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna.

Part of the site is also designated as part of the Rye Harbour Local Nature Reserve.

References

  1. ^ [1]

(PDF) SSSI Citation — Rye Harbour. Natural England. http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001954.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 

External links

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