Exe Estuary

Exe Estuary

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
542
Area:
2,346.0 ha
Designation date:
11-03-1992
Coordinates:
50°38'23"N 03°26'34"W

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Exe Estuary. 11/03/92; England; 2,346 ha; 50°39'N 003°27'W. Special Protection Area EC Directive; SSSI, Local Nature Reserve. The estuary includes shallow offshore waters, extensive mud and sand flats, saltmarsh, a complex of marshes and damp pasture, and an extensive dune system. The area is important for internationally important numbers of several species of wintering and passage waterbirds and functions as a refuge during severe weather. Ramsar site no. 542. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region: England
National legal designation:
  • bird sanctuary
  • geol conserv site
  • lnr
  • ncr
  • sssi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-1999
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)