Medway Estuary and Marshes is a 4,748.8-hectare (11,735-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the banks of the River Medway between Gillingham and Sheerness in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[3] a Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[4] and a Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[5] Part of the land area designated as Medway Estuary and Marshes SSSI is owned by the Church Commissioners[6].
This site is internationally important for its wintering birds, and nationally important for its breeding birds. It is also has an outstanding flora, such as the nationally rare oak-leaved goosefoot and the nationally scarce slender hare's-ear.[7]
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