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inhibition and a great storm in
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This site comprises a shingle ridge and associated saltmarsh hinterland extending for a distance of approximately 4 kilometres along the west
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This site is notified for its nationally important active coastal geomorphological features. It is also nationally important for the
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This article is about the bay on the
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in the 1990s caused the creation of salt marshes and lagoons developed in the area behind the boulder bank.
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Guidance for the Management of Coastal Vegetated Shingle Annex 01: Porlock
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A large part of this site is lower saltmarsh dominated by
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
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was created with the first harvest being taken in 2016.
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101:Site of Special Scientific Interest
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445:"Exmoor - Minehead & Porlock"
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709:Black Down and Sampford Commons
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472:"Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh"
423:At low tide the remains of a
338:Salicornia europaea andannual
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1034:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
684:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
1059:Twinhills Woods and Meadows
944:Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh
849:Holme Moor & Clean Moor
784:Dunster Park and Heathlands
284:habitats which occur here.
250:Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh
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809:Fivehead Woods and Meadow
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136:Location within Somerset
859:Kingdown and Middledown
699:Barrington Hill Meadows
242:Natural England website
789:East Polden Grasslands
280:and coastal vegetated
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934:Old Iron Works, Mells
914:North Brewham Meadows
804:Exmoor Coastal Heaths
580:"Geological features"
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1009:Sharpham Moor Plot
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586:on 19 January 2009
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819:Friar's Oven
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1109:Wookey Hole
1064:Vallis Vale
979:River Barle
869:Lang's Farm
794:Ebbor Gorge
759:Cogley Wood
754:Cleeve Hill
510:18 February
413:oyster farm
411:In 2013 an
406:Anas crecca
358:babingtonii
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170:Coordinates
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42:Porlock Bay
1160:Categories
929:North Moor
834:Grove Farm
714:Brean Down
679:Asham Wood
674:Aller Hill
542:13 October
451:14 October
431:References
362:grey heron
328:Biological
289:Bossington
278:salt marsh
211:Biological
180:51°13′09″N
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1074:West Moor
904:Moorlinch
899:Millwater
814:Freshmoor
484:19 August
342:sea-blite
273:in 1990.
183:3°36′18″W
1094:Wet Moor
974:Ringdown
884:Long Lye
649:Somerset
590:21 March
505:BBC News
378:shelduck
321:sediment
271:notified
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208:Interest
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146:Location
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