Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary

Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary

Site of Special Scientific Interest
The beach at Titchfield Haven
Location	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 487 059[1]
Interest	Biological Geological
Area	585.9 hectares (1,448 acres)[1]
Notification	1992[1]
Location map	Magic Map
Natural England website

Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary is a 585.9-hectare (1,448-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the coast between Southampton and Gosport in Hampshire.^[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site. ^[3][4] It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site^[5] and Special Protection Area,^[6] and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation.^[7] Three areas are Local Nature Reserves, Chessel Bay,^[8] Hook with Warsash^[9] and Mercury Marshes.^[10] One area is Hamble Common, a Scheduled Monument and public common.^[11]

This site is mainly intertidal muds, and there are also areas of saltmarsh, vegetated shingle, reedbeds, deciduous woodland and marshy grassland. It is outstanding for nationally scarce coastal plants, internationally important for dark-bellied geese, and nationally important for eight other species of birds, including great crested grebe and ringed plover. The site is also important for Palaeolithic artefacts and the fossils of Eocene birds.^[12]

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
2. "Map of Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
3. "Lee-on-Solent (Mesozoic - Tertiary Fish/Amphibia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. "Lee-on-Solent (Aves)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2020.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
5. "Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
6. "Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
7. "Designated Sites View: Solent Maritime". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
8. "Designated Sites View: Chessel Bay". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
9. "Designated Sites View: Hook with Warsash". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
10. "Designated Sites View: Mercury Marshes". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
11. "Promontory defined by an Iron Age linear earthwork, St Andrew's Castle and additional remains on Hamble Common". Historic England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
12. "Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

50.851°N 1.310°W / 50.851; -1.310