Английская Википедия:Blackwater Estuary
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox SSSI Шаблон:Designation list The Blackwater Estuary is the estuary of the River Blackwater between Maldon and West Mersea in Essex. It is a 5,538 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[1][2] An area of 4,395 hectares is also designated a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance,[3][4] and a Special Protection Area[4][5] 1,099 hectares is a National Nature Reserve.[4][6] Tollesbury Wick and part of Abbotts Hall Farm, both nature reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust, are in the SSSI.[2][7][8]
Oysters have been harvested from the estuary for more than a thousand years and there are remains of fish weirs from the Anglo-Saxon era. At the head of the estuary is the town of Maldon, which is a centre of salt production. The other major settlement is the town West Mersea, of Mersea Island, on the northern seaward side. Numerous other villages are on its banks.
Within the estuary is Northey Island which was the location for the first experiments in the UK in 'managed retreat', i.e. creating saltmarsh by setting sea walls back from what are perceived to be unsustainable positions. The area is notable as a breeding area for little tern (Sternula albifrons) and as a transit point for ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula).
- Over-wintering species
- Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa islandica)
- Dark-bellied brent goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina)
- Eurasian golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Hen harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Common redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- Common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
The estuary is also the current mooring location for the radio ship Ross Revenge, the home of former pirate station Radio Caroline
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- Английская Википедия
- Estuaries of England
- Special Protection Areas in England
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
- Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1955
- Nature Conservation Review sites
- Economy of Essex
- Ramsar sites in England
- Managed retreat
- Coastal Essex
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