Pevensey Levels

Pevensey Levels

Country:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Site number:
973
Area:
3,578.0 ha
Designation date:
02-02-1999
Coordinates:
50°50'41"N 00°20'18"E

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Pevensey Levels. 02/02/99; England; 3,578 ha; 50°50'N 000°21'E. National Nature Reserve. The site is one of the largest and least fragmented lowland wet grassland systems in southeast England, including a small area of shingle and intertidal muds and sands. The low-lying grazing meadows are intersected by a complex system of ditches which support rare and scarce aquatic plants and invertebrates (freshwater molluscs and dragonflies Odonata spp) as well as breeding and wintering wildfowl. The area is used for nature conservation, pastoral agriculture, tourism, fishing, and hunting. Ramsar site no. 973. Most recent RIS information: 1999.
Administrative region: England
National legal designation:
  • nnr
  • sssi
Last publication date: 02-02-1999
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)