Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast

…ur seals Phoca vitulina; -breeding avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, -little tern Sternula albifrons and -common tern Sterna hirundo; -a diverse assemblage of breeding birds of sand dunes, saltmarsh and lowland open waters and their margins; -non-breeding shelduck Tadorna tadorna…

Rhunahaorine Point

… features of coastal shingle, overwintering Greenland white-fronted geese Anser albifrons flavirostris and breeding little tern Sternula albifrons. The Rhunahaorine foreland consists of shingle ridges laid down in two distinct sequences, the younger with ridges roughly north-west…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…eding bittern Botaurus stellaris, marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus, little tern Sternula albifrons, water rail Rallus aquaticus and bearded tit Panurus biarmicus. Breeding bird assemblages Pakefield to Easton Bavents SSSI supports nationally important breeding bird assemblages …

Coed Nant Mawr

…important numbers, and the largest breeding colony in Wales, of the little tern Sternula albifrons. Other bird species which occur in nationally important numbers are sanderling Calidris alba which overwinter at Gronant, and cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo which roost on the foresh…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

… Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis, common tern Sterna hirundo, little tern Sternula albifrons, Cetti’s warbler Cettia cetti and bearded tit Panurus biarmicus. Whilst many breeding birds use habitats throughout the SSSI, there are four areas that support particular concentra…

The Swale

…ese beaches attract breeding ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and little tern Sternula albifrons. The grazing marsh complexes, including seawalls, counterwalls, fleets, dykes, temporary runnels, etc. provide suitable conditions for a wide range of plants and animals. The grass…

Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary

…n Area (SPA) for the birds listed below. Common tern Sterna hirundo Little tern Sternula albifrons Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus, non-breeding Waterfowl assemblage, non-breeding Eider Somateria mollissima, non-breeding Redshank Tri…

Howmore Estuary, Lochs Roag and Fada

…crake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, breeding Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, breeding & non-breeding Sanderling Calidris alba, non-…

Chesil & The Fleet

…. Furthermore, the Beach is the breeding site for about 50 pairs of little tern Sternula albifrons and 30 pairs of ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, the only sizeable populations of these species in South West Britain. The Fleet The Fleet, 13 kilometres in length, 75–900 metre…

Bornish and Ormiclate Machairs

…crake Crex crex, breeding Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, breeding Redshank Tringa totanus, breeding Ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, breeding & non-breeding Sanderling Calidris alba, non-…

Thanet Coast

…quatarola are present in nationally important numbers. A colony of little terns Sternula albifrons, a species specially protected by law and listed on Schedule 1 of the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act, breed in nationally important numbers at Plumpudding Island. The cliff secti…

Tayport - Tentsmuir Coast

…andic black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa islandica), non-breeding Little tern (Sternula albifrons), breeding Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), non-breeding Marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus), breeding Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), non-breeding Pink-footed goose (…

Hurst Castle and Lymington River Estuary

… owing to local movements of colonies but the main Solent colony of little tern Sternula albifrons and sandwich tern S. sandvicensis sometimes breed within the SSSI together with a substantial population of common terns Sterna hirundo. Black headed gull populations regularly repr…

Newtown Harbour

…censis and common tern Sterna hirundo and has supported a colony of little tern Sternula albifrons. Breeding redshank and lapwing Vanellus vanellus, species whose breeding habitat is rapidly declining in Britain, occur in small numbers on the saltmarsh and adjacent meadows. The d…

Sleibhtean agus Cladach Thiriodh

…tionally-important wintering populations of Greenland white-fronted goose Anser albifrons and Greenland barnacle goose Branta leucopsis also use a number of these areas. The small islet of Soa is used by both geese species for core or satellite roosts and also for feeding. The ar…

Loch Fleet

…ima, Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea, common tern Sterna hirundo, and little tern Sternula albifrons breed on the foreshore, dune and saltmarsh habitats. Other coastal breeding birds include; wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed bunting Embe…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…zing marsh. Breeding birds include ringed plover, oystercatcher and little tern Sternula albifrons, a species specially protected by law and listed on Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Inland areas are also of interest supporting two nationally rare species of…

Meikle Loch and Kippet Hills

…hard, wigeon and tufted duck. Common tern Sterna hirundo, breeding Little tern Sternula albifrons, breeding Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis, breeding Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus, non-breeding* Waterfowl assemblage, non-breeding Eider Somateria mollissima, non-…

North Norfolk Coast

…resent about 1/12th of the world population. The largest colony of little terns Sternula albifrons in Western Europe is located on Blakeney Point. On the North Norfolk Coast as a whole, there are up to 400 pairs of little terns which constitute over 20 percent of the British popu…

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