Sandbeach Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationEssex
Grid referenceTM 021050
InterestBiological
Area30.0 hectares
Notification1987
Location mapMagic Map

Sandbeach Meadows are a 30.3-hectare (75-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Dengie Peninsula, south-east of Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex. The local planning authority is Maldon District Council.[1][2]

The site is seven fields of unimproved grassland, and it is almost the only survivor of the formerly extensive Dengie grazing marshes. In the winter it supports a nationally important population of dark-bellied brent geese, and it is also used by wigeons and European white-fronted geese. Several ditches have meanders which survive from when they were salt-marsh creeks.[1]

The site is in two separate areas which are private land, but the St Peter's Way long distance footpath goes through the southern area.

References

  1. 1 2 "Sandbeach Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Sandbeach Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
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