Benfleet & Southend Marshes
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Site number:
- 648
- Area:
- 2,251.0 ha
- Designation date:
- 14-02-1994
- Coordinates:
- 51°31'33"N 00°40'57"E
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Benfleet & Southend Marshes. 14/02/94; England; 2,251 ha; 51°32'N 000°41'E. National Nature Reserve, Special Protection Area, SSSI. The site comprises an extensive series of saltmarshes, mudflats, and grassland supporting a diverse flora and fauna. Internationally important numbers of several species of wintering waterbirds occur at the site. Human activities include tourism, recreation, research, fishing, shellfish and bait collection, livestock grazing, and hunting. Ramsar site no. 648. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region
England
National legal designation
- country park
- esa
- nnr
- sssi
Regional (international) legal designations
- EU Natura 2000
Last publication date:
01-01-1999