Bracklesham Bay

Bracklesham Bay
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationWest Sussex
Grid referenceSZ 814 954[1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area200.6 hectares (496 acres)[1]
Notification1986[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Bracklesham Bay is a 200.6-hectare (496-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site.[3][4]

It is a coastal bay on the west side of the Manhood Peninsula in West Sussex, England. The bay looks out onto the English Channel and the Isle of Wight is visible from the beach, as is the Nab Tower lighthouse and the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. The villages of Bracklesham and East Wittering are situated in the centre of the bay and it is bordered by the town of Selsey on the southern/eastern tip, and the village of West Wittering on the west side.

Biology and geology

This stretch of foreshore has unimproved grazing pastures, shingle, salt marsh, reed beds and ditches. The pasture is subject to seasonal flooding and it is important for its breeding and overwintering birds. The site has highly fossiliferous Eocene (56 to 34 million years ago) beds with over 160 fish species. There are also much more recent Middle Pleistocene marine deposits dating to around 500,000 years ago which provide a record of changes in sea levels.[5]

Medmerry managed realignment scheme

Medmerry realignment scheme (geograph 4791022)

The earth embankment at Medmerry holding back the sea was originally built in the 1960s; however the coastline in the area was subject to frequent flooding events which were becoming unsustainable.[6] The scheme arose out of consultations from the 2008 Pagham to East Head Coastal Defence Strategy with the managed realignment scheme being adopted.[7] In 2013 the Environment Agency completed the new 7 km inland floodbank and breach in the shingle wall to providing flood relief and this enabled creation of the form the Medmerry RSPB nature reserve. The scheme cost £28 million and was the largest open-coast scheme in Europe and understood to be one of the most sustainable projects the Environment Agency has completed.[8][9] A woven periwinkle art installation was created by Mark and Rebecca Ford. It has been mistaken by some visitors as depicting the poop emoji.[10]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bracklesham Bay and Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme.
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bracklesham Bay.
  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Bracklesham Bay". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Bracklesham Bay". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Bracklesham (Tertiary Palaeobotany)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Bracklesham Bay (Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Bracklesham Bay citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Managed retreat - Medmerry, Sussex". BBC Bitesize. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme". TEAM Van Oord. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. ^ "About Medmerry". RSPB. Retrieved 18 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Managed realignment at Medmerry, Sussex". Institution of Civil Engineers. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  10. ^ Hughes, Abby. "Artist says he was surprised people mistook his seashell sculpture for a poop emoji". CBC Radio. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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