Rye Harbour SSSI

Rye Harbour
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within East Sussex
Area of Search East Sussex
Grid reference TQ935180
Coordinates 50°55′44″N 0°45′18″E / 50.929°N 0.755°E / 50.929; 0.755Coordinates: 50°55′44″N 0°45′18″E / 50.929°N 0.755°E / 50.929; 0.755
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][2][3]

It is a complicated site of both biological and geological interest. Varied habitats of shingle, saltmarsh and intertidal muds host a wide variety of flora and fauna. It forms the second largest area of shingle habitat in southern England, only surpassed in area by Dungeness.[2] A much larger area is designated as the Rye Harbour Local Nature Reserve.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Sites of Special Scientific Interest" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Rye Harbour citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Map of Rye Harbour". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Rye Harbour". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Map of Rye Harbour". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 4 August 2013.


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