Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch)

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Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch)
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Fishermen's hut on the river Avon - geograph.org.uk - 783921.jpg
Location Dorset
Hampshire
Grid reference SU 146 026 [1]
InterestBiological
Area1,403.8 hectares (3,469 acres) [1]
Notification 1993 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch) is a 1,403.8-hectare (3,469-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches from Christchurch in Dorset to Bickton, south of Fordingbridge Hampshire. [1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, [1] a Ramsar site, [3] a Special Area of Conservation [4] and a Special Protection Area. [5] An area of 159 hectares (390 acres) is Blashford Lakes, a nature reserve managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, [6]

This valley has more diverse habitats and a wider range of fauna and flora than any other chalk valley in the country. There are internationally important numbers of breeding and wintering birds, such as Bewick’s swans and gadwalls. The flora include a number of nationally rare species and the river has a diverse fish fauna. Dragonflies include the rare scarce chaser. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Designated Sites View: Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch)". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  2. "Map of Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch)". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
  3. "Designated Sites View: Avon Valley". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. "Designated Sites View: River Avon". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. "Designated Sites View: Avon Valley". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. "Blashford Lakes". Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. "Avon Valley (Bickton to Christchurch citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

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