Humber Estuary

Humber Estuary

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
663
Area:
37,988.0 ha
Designation date:
28-07-1994
Coordinates:
53°37'07"N 00°09'56"W

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Humber Estuary. 28/07/94; England; 37,988 ha; 53°33'N 000°03'E. Special Protection Area, SSSI. An estuary with a max.7.4 m. tidal range exposing vast mud and sand flats at low tide. Vegetation includes extensive reedbeds, areas of mature and developing saltmarsh, backed by grazing marsh or low sand dunes with marshy slacks and brackish pools. The area regularly supports internationally important numbers of various species of breeding and wintering waterbirds. Many passage birds, notably internationally important populations of ringed plover, Charadriu hiaticula, and sanderling Caldris alba stage in the area. The site supports Britain's most southeasterly breeding colony of gray seal Halichoerus grypus. Human activities include tourism, recreation, commercial and recreational fishing, livestock grazing, and hunting. Renamed and area significantly increased in 2007. Ramsar site no. 663. Most recent RIS information: 2007.
Administrative region: England
National legal designation:
  • Area of Outstanding National Beauty
  • National Nature Reserve
  • sssi
Regional (international) legal designations:
  • EU Natura 2000
Last publication date: 01-01-2007
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)