| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Tillingham Marshes
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| Location | Essex |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TM045030 |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 12 sq. mi. (3105.0 hectares) |
| Notification | 1986 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
| Designations | |
|---|---|
| Official name | Dengie |
| Designated | 24 March 1994 |
| Reference no. | 651[1] |
Dengie nature reserve is a 12 sq. mi. (3,105 hectare) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch near Bradwell-on-SeainEssex.[2][3] It is also a National Nature Reserve,[4]aSpecial Protection Area,[5]aNature Conservation Review site,[2]aGeological Conservation Review site[6] and a Ramsar site.[7] It is part of the Essex estuaries Special Area of Conservation.[8] An area of 30 acres (12 hectares) is the Bradwell Shell Bank nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[9]
It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula . The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall overlooks some of the site.
It is a wetland of international importance and provides habitats for:
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