Alde Mudflats

Alde Mudflats
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TypeNature reserve
LocationIken, Suffolk
OS gridTM399562
Area22 hectares
Managed bySuffolk Wildlife Trust

Alde Mudflats is a 22 hectare nature reserve west of Iken in Suffolk. It is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.[1] It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty,[2] and part of the Alde-Ore Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest,[3] Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4][5] Special Area of Conservation,[6][7] Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds,[8][9] and Grade I Nature Conservation Review site,[10]

This three mile long stretch of inter-tidal mud and saltmarsh supports internationally important numbers of avocets, and other birds include black-tailed godwits, oystercatchers, marsh harriers, pintails, wigeons and grey plovers.[1]

There is no public access to the site.

References

  1. ^ a b "Alde Mudflats". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Alde-Ore Estuary" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Designated Sites View: Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Alde–Ore Estuary". Special Protection Areas. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.

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