Former harbour now nature reserve in southern England
Pagham Harbour
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location
West Sussex
Grid reference
SZ 872 968[1]
Interest
Biological Geological
Area
629.0 hectares (1,554 acres)[1]
Notification
1986[1]
Location map
Magic Map
Pagham Harbour is a 629-hectare (1,550-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] a Nature Conservation Review site,[1] a Ramsar site,[4] a Special Protection Area[5] and a Marine Conservation Zone.[6] An area of 599.1 hectares (1,480 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve.[7][8]
The harbour forms an area of saltmarsh and shallow lagoons. It is not an estuary, as no major streams enter the harbour with the only freshwater inflow a few small streams draining surrounding fields.[9][10]
^ abcde"Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^"Map of Pagham Harbour". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
^"Pagham Harbour (Coastal Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^"Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
^"Pagham Harbour Marine Conservation Zone" (PDF). Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs November 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
^"Pagham Harbour" (PDF). Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
^"Map of Pagham Harbour". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
^"Changes of Pagham Harbour". University of Sussex. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
^Michael Shrubb (24 July 2003). Birds, Scythes and Combines: A History of Birds and Agricultural Change. Cambridge University Press. pp. 148–9. ISBN 978-0-521-81463-8.
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