Milton Gate Marsh

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Milton Gate Marsh
Site of Special Scientific Interest
The Weald Way crosses the Railway near Milton Gate - geograph.org.uk - 866710.jpg
Location East Sussex
Grid reference TQ 537 058 [1]
InterestBiological
Area17.7 hectares (44 acres) [1]
Notification 1992 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Milton Gate Marsh is a 17.7-hectare (44-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Eastbourne in East Sussex. [1] [2]

This site consists of two areas of alluvial wetland in the valleys of the River Cuckmere and one of its tributaries. There is a rich variety of invertebrates, including seventeen nationally scarce species such as the sallow clearwing moth and the beetles Ochthebius exaratus and Stenolphus skrimshiranus . [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Milton Gate Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Milton Gate Marsh". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Milton Gate Marsh citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2019.

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