Dengie SPA

Dengie SPA: The Dengie saltmarsh

Tillingham Marshes, in the central part of the SPA

Dengie SPA is a Special Protection Area on the North Sea coast of the English county of Essex.

It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch. St. Peter-on-the-Wall Chapel overlooks some of the Dengie SPA.

It is a wetland of international importance and provides habitats for:

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)

Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Knot (Calidris canutus)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa islandica)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina)

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla bernicla)

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

Sunken barges used as a breakwater, in the northern part of the SPA

External links

Special Protection Area designation

NATURA 2000 - Dengie (Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1) (includes map)

Coordinates: 51°40′59″N 0°56′53″E / 51.683°N 0.948°E / 51.683; 0.948

Categories:
United Kingdom Site of Special Scientific Interest stubs
Essex geography stubs
Special Protection Areas in England
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
Nature Conservation Review sites
Coastal environment of Essex

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