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The marshes and mudflats have internationally important numbers of wildfowl and wading birds, including the
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440:. Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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174:. It consists of mudflats, salt marshes, scrub and wild grassland, and includes the
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as a site of national importance. The SSSI and NNR include the eastern half of
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501:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 27 February 2013. Archived from
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336:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from
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385:"Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Benfleet and Southend Marshes"
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189:. In the centre-west, more than ten percent of the Site is the
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butterfly, have adapted to specific habitats in the marshes.
365:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
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Site of
Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Essex
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574:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Essex
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196:(NNR), which has been appraised in detail in
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1530:Parks and nature reserves in Southend-on-Sea
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527:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England
331:"Benfleet and Southend Marshes citation"
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212:. A narrow majority of the Site is the
363:"Map of Benfleet and Southend Marshes"
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390:. Joint Nature Conservation Committee
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238:. Scarce invertebrates, such as the
1515:Special Protection Areas in England
168:Site of Special Scientific Interest
166:is an 8.1-square-mile (21 km)
39:Site of Special Scientific Interest
620:Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common
525:"Map of Southend on Sea Foreshore"
463:"Essex's National Nature Reserves"
25:
660:Cornmill Stream and Old River Lea
298:"Benfleet & Southend Marshes"
1525:Nature Conservation Review sites
905:West Thurrock Lagoon and Marshes
850:Stour and Copperas Woods, Ramsey
705:Garnetts Wood and Barnston Lays
435:"Benfleet and Southend Marshes"
137:Benfleet & Southend Marshes
1085:Local nature reserves in Essex
605:Belcher's and Broadfield Woods
1:
1334:Thornwood Common Flood Meadow
988:Little Oakley Channel Deposit
610:Benfleet and Southend Marshes
180:Benfleet and Southend Marshes
164:Benfleet and Southend Marshes
33:Benfleet and Southend Marshes
943:The Cliff, Burnham-on-Crouch
938:Clacton Cliffs and Foreshore
865:Thrift Wood, Woodham Ferrers
745:Hangman's Wood and Deneholes
198:A Nature Conservation Review
725:Great Wood and Dodd's Grove
655:The Coppice, Kelvedon Hatch
499:"Southend on Sea Foreshore"
1546:
1339:Weald Common Flood Meadows
1134:Brickfield and Long Meadow
910:West Wood, Little Sampford
880:Turnford and Cheshunt Pits
665:Crouch and Roach Estuaries
1438:Southend on Sea Foreshore
890:Vange and Fobbing Marshes
805:Mucking Flats and Marshes
305:Sites Information Service
214:Southend on Sea Foreshore
157:
44:
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18:Southend-on-Sea Foreshore
1367:Parndon Woods and Common
1304:Church Lane Flood Meadow
1213:Chelmer Valley Riverside
1101:Mill Meadows, Billericay
870:Thundersley Great Common
795:Little Hallingbury Marsh
735:Hales and Shadwell Woods
720:Grays Thurrock Chalk Pit
224:dark-bellied brent goose
208:which is managed by the
1510:Ramsar sites in England
1433:Shoeburyness Old Ranges
240:white-letter hairstreak
194:National Nature Reserve
187:Special Protection Area
750:Hanningfield Reservoir
479:. Essex Wildlife Trust
1324:Roding Valley Meadows
1023:Purfleet Road, Aveley
915:Woodham Walter Common
835:Roding Valley Meadows
780:Holland Haven Marshes
1461:Pickers Ditch Meadow
1276:Tiptree Parish Field
978:Holland-on-Sea Cliff
790:Inner Thames Marshes
625:Bovingdon Hall Woods
250:Notes and References
217:Local Nature Reserve
210:Essex Wildlife Trust
1271:Spring Lane Meadows
1177:Hutton Country Park
1043:Wivenhoe Gravel Pit
1018:Purfleet Chalk Pits
933:Ardleigh Gravel Pit
885:Upper Colne Marshes
505:on 19 November 2015
34:
1329:Roughtalley's Wood
1129:Bocking Blackwater
1003:Marks Tey Brickpit
963:Goldsands Road Pit
615:Blackwater Estuary
590:Abberton Reservoir
465:. Natural England.
150:Reference no.
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1362:Hawkenbury Meadow
1299:Chigwell Row Wood
1223:Galleywood Common
1149:Gosfield Sandpits
1139:Brockwell Meadows
1051:
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973:Harwich Foreshore
845:Sandbeach Meadows
765:High Wood, Dunmow
640:Cattawade Marshes
477:"Two Tree Island"
415:. Natural England
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16:(Redirected from
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1484:Grove House Wood
1319:Nazeing Triangle
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1013:Newney Green Pit
710:Garrold's Meadow
670:Curtismill Green
600:Basildon Meadows
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1410:Southend-on-Sea
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1395:Magnolia Fields
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900:Weeleyhall Wood
775:Holehaven Creek
760:Hatfield Forest
730:Hainault Forest
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343:on 4 March 2016
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276:1083.9 hectares
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202:Two Tree Island
176:Southend-on-Sea
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89:2099.7 hectares
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1314:Linder's Field
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993:Lofts Farm Pit
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742:
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717:
715:Glemsford Pits
712:
707:
702:
697:
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690:Elsenham Woods
687:
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675:Danbury Common
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595:Ashdon Meadows
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267:257.5 hectares
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127:Ramsar Wetland
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1456:Holland Haven
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1385:Hockley Woods
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1291:Epping Forest
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1218:Fenn Washland
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1038:Stour Estuary
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1031:
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1024:
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989:
986:
984:
981:
979:
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971:
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968:Hall's Quarry
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964:
961:
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949:
948:Colne Estuary
946:
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934:
931:
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916:
913:
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901:
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895:Waltham Abbey
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891:
888:
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875:Tiptree Heath
873:
871:
868:
866:
863:
861:
860:Thorndon Park
858:
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855:Stour Estuary
853:
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848:
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838:
836:
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831:
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823:
821:
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770:Hockley Woods
768:
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741:
740:Hamford Water
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723:
721:
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695:Epping Forest
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650:Colne Estuary
648:
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645:Chalkney Wood
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244:marbled white
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134:Official name
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1489:Linford Wood
1437:
1428:Gunners Park
1423:Belton Hills
1357:Harlow Marsh
1266:Salary Brook
1256:Hilly Fields
1251:Colne Valley
1187:Castle Point
1033:St Osyth Pit
830:Riddles Wood
825:Quendon Wood
820:Pitsea Marsh
800:Mill Meadows
785:Hunsdon Mead
755:Harlow Woods
680:Debden Water
630:Bullock Wood
609:
529:. Retrieved
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507:. Retrieved
503:the original
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338:the original
308:. Retrieved
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206:Leigh on Sea
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120:Designations
108:
104:Location map
95:Notification
29:
1390:Kendal Park
1261:Lexden Park
1241:Bull Meadow
1195:Canvey Lake
1154:Hoppit Mead
1144:Cuckoo Wood
1106:Norsey Wood
840:Roman River
810:Norsey Wood
635:Canvey Wick
531:19 November
509:19 November
483:19 November
419:19 November
413:"Magic map"
394:19 November
369:19 November
347:19 November
228:grey plover
183:Ramsar site
1504:Categories
1281:Welsh Wood
1233:Colchester
1205:Chelmsford
1111:Vange Hill
925:Geological
582:Biological
284:References
170:(SSSI) in
142:Designated
81:Biological
1400:Marylands
1309:Home Mead
1169:Brentwood
1159:Whet Mead
1121:Braintree
1028:River Ter
958:Globe Pit
815:Nunn Wood
444:22 August
109:Magic Map
1476:Thurrock
1466:Wrabness
1448:Tendring
1418:Belfairs
1377:Rochford
1093:Basildon
1008:The Naze
983:Lion Pit
700:Foulness
310:25 April
236:red knot
232:redshank
78:Interest
71:TQ854847
55:Location
1349:Harlow
953:Dengie
685:Dengie
303:Ramsar
1246:Colne
438:(PDF)
388:(PDF)
341:(PDF)
334:(PDF)
255:Notes
204:, in
191:Leigh
172:Essex
59:Essex
533:2015
511:2015
485:2015
446:2016
421:2015
396:2015
371:2015
349:2015
312:2018
242:and
234:and
185:and
99:1987
86:Area
153:648
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454:^
404:^
320:^
300:.
230:,
226:,
219:.
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