Minsmere - Walberswick
- Country:
- Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
- Site number:
- 75
- Area:
- 2,019.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 05-01-1976
- Coordinates:
- 52°17'10"N 01°37'05"E
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Minsmere-Walberswick. 05/01/76; England; 2,019 ha; 52°19'N 001°38'E. Special Protection Area EC Directive; Nature Reserve, SSSI, Environmentally Sensitive Area, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Heritage Coast. A mosaic of coastal habitats consisting of shingle beaches, dunes, estuarine mudflats, grazing marshes, lagoons, reedbeds, and heathland. The marshes support the largest continuous stand of reedbed in England and Wales. The site supports an outstanding diversity of breeding birds, including a number of nationally rare species which winter at the site, as well as rare species of marshland flora and insect fauna. A flagship reserve, in which a well-developed system of trails and hides are maintained. Human activities include groundwater abstraction and increasing numbers of visitors. Ramsar site no. 75. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region
England
National legal designation
- bird reserve
- nnr
- sssi
Regional (international) legal designations
- UE Natura 2000
Last publication date:
01-01-1999