Pakefield to Easton Bavents

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Pakefield to Easton Bavents
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Cliffs at Covehithe
Location Suffolk
Grid reference TM 519 818 [1]
InterestBiological
geological
Area735.4 hectares [1]
Notification 2005 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Pakefield to Easton Bavents is a 735.4-hectare (1,817-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the Suffolk coast between Lowestoft and Southwold. [1] [2] It includes three Geological Conservation Review sites, [3] [4] [5] and part of the Benacre National Nature Reserve. [6] An area of 326.7 hectares is the Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons Special Area of Conservation, [7] [8] and 470.6 hectares is the Benacre to Easton Bavents Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds. [9] [10] The site is also partly in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [11]

The site is described by Natural England as nationally important for its exposures of the Lower Pleistocene Norwich Crag Formation, its vegetated shingle features, saline lagoons, flood-plain fens, its nationally scarce vascular plants, and for its scarce breeding birds and wintering bitterns. [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Pakefield to Easton Bavents". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of Pakefield to Easton Bavents". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Benacre Ness (Coastal Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Easton Bavents (Pleistocene Vertebrata)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Easton Bavents (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Benacre". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Benacre to Easton Bavents" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Benacre to Easton Bavents". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Pakefield to Easton Bavents citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 52°23′N1°42′E / 52.38°N 1.7°E / 52.38; 1.7

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