Английская Википедия:Benfleet and Southend Marshes
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox SSSI Шаблон:Designation list Benfleet and Southend Marshes is an Шаблон:Convert Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Essex. It consists of mudflats, salt marshes, scrub and wild grassland, and includes the Southend-on-Sea foreshore. It has been so recognised for its biological (including ecological) value, rather than geological.[1][2] A definition five percent larger forms the Benfleet and Southend Marshes Ramsar site[3] and Special Protection Area.[4][5] In the centre-west, more than ten percent of the Site is the Leigh National Nature Reserve (NNR),Шаблон:Refn[6][4] which has been appraised in detail in A Nature Conservation Review as a site of national importance.[1] The SSSI and NNR include the eastern half of Two Tree Island, in Leigh on Sea which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[6][7] A narrow majority of the Site is the Southend on Sea Foreshore Local Nature Reserve.Шаблон:Refn[8][9]
The marshes and mudflats have internationally important numbers of wildfowl and wading birds, including the dark-bellied brent goose, grey plover, redshank and red knot. Scarce invertebrates, such as the white-letter hairstreak and marbled white butterfly, have adapted to specific habitats in the marshes.[1]
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