Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is located in Kent
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Shown within Kent
Area of Search Kent & East Sussex
Grid reference TR069201
Coordinates 50°56′35″N 0°56′46″E / 50.943°N 0.946°E / 50.943; 0.946Coordinates: 50°56′35″N 0°56′46″E / 50.943°N 0.946°E / 50.943; 0.946
Interest Biological and Geological
Area 9,090 ha (22,500 acres)
Notification 2006 (2006)
Natural England website

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest that stretches across two counties:Kent and East Sussex. It is of both geological and biological interest.

Its geological interest is the geomorphology of Dungeness and Rye Harbour. The area is a cuspate foreland formed of shingle ridges formed by thousands of years of coastal erosion and accretion.

The biological interest is due to its habitats of salt marsh, saline lagoons, vegetated shingle, sand dunes and ditch systems. These host a wide variety of fauna, some of which is nationally rare. The area also supports large numbers of breeding and non-breeding birds.

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