Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lee-on-the Solent to Itchen Estuary

Description The Site of Special Scientific Interest extends along the eastern shore of Southampton Water from Lee on the Solent to the mid Itchen estuary and includes the lower estuary of the River Hamble. The site comprises…

Climping Beach

…in shingle bank and include yellow horned poppy Gaucium flavum, sea kale Crambe maritima, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima, curled dock Rumex crispus and sea holly Eryngium maritimum. Scrub of tamarisk Tamarix gallica and hawthorn Crataegus monogyna has developed in a few place…

Norrard Rocks

…posed to the full force of southwest gales from the Atlantic and excessive salt spray. Shallow skeletal soils are mainly confined to the larger islands; elsewhere soils are only found in sheltered isolated pockets in the granite. These thin soils and the extreme exposure severely…

White Island (off St. Martin's)

… development of wind pruned “waved” maritime heath dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii together with common bird’s foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus, heath bedstraw Galium saxatile and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. The…

Eastern Isles

…some 13 hectares and reaching a height of some 34 metres, has 74 recorded plant species out of a species list of 111 for the whole of the Eastern Isles. Of particular note is the nationally rare orange bird’s foot Ornithopus pinnatus that occurs in the small area of maritime heat…

St. Helen's (With Northwethel & Men-A-Vaur)

…he heathland exhibits the effects of previous fire damage where heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea are colonising more open areas dominated by buck's horn plantain Plantago coronopus and English stonecrop Sedum anglicum. Maritime grassland covers much of the …

Samson (With Green, White, Puffin & Stony Islands)

…re winds, producing a dwarf wind pruned vegetation dominated by heather Calluna vulgaris, bell heather Erica cinerea and western gorse Ulex gallii. Both of these hilltops have also been affected in the past by the construction of Neolithic tumuli. The surrounding slopes have a de…

South Walney and Piel Channel Flats

… of Walney Island. The site is of both geological and biological interest and displays a diverse association of maritime habitats which include shingle, sand dunes, mud flats, saltmarsh, rocky shores and artificial freshwater and brackish lagoons. Extensive areas of shingle aroun…

Pakefield to Easton Bavents

…ncus arvernensis and comb antlered deer Eucladoceras falconeri and Eucladoceras sp. have been recovered from the upper part of the member. Giant deer Megaloceros verticornis, baleen whale Balaena sp., beaver Castor sp, hippopotamus Hippopotamus sp. and possible rhinoceros Rhinoce…

Saunton to Baggy Point Coast

… Baggy Point Coast SSSI Description This section of the North Devon coast is of special interest for its geological exposures, and for its botanical features particularly maritime heathland, grassland and lichens. Rugged cliffs form the main character of the site, rising to over…

Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach

… minor fan delta sandstone. Sedimentary structures on all scales are superbly displayed, the largest visible for long distances. Examples in the Ashdown are upward fining, low angle point bar sequences and various types of channel and cross bedded sandstone up to 10 metres thick …

Mullion Cliff to Predannack Cliff

…e is of great botanical importance and no fewer than 10 Red Data Book (RDB) (*) species have been confined in the British Isles to the Lizard Peninsula and County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Biology The vegetation of the cliff exhibits a complex of maritime communities. A mari…

Bognor Reef

…tern end is a small area of old sand dune with an interesting flora including a specially protected species listed on Schedule 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Biological The shingle strip which runs along the beach at Bognor develops into an extensive shingle beach. …

Sinah Common

… nutans, bulbous meadow grass Poa bulbosa, bearded fescue Vulpia fasciculata subsp ambigua, dune fescue Vulpia fasciculata, suffocated clover Trifolium suffocatum, smooth cat’s ear Hypochaeris glabra, stiff saltmarsh grass Puccinellia rupestris, mossy stonecrop Crassula tillaea, …

North Norfolk Coast

…d grazing marshes. The coast is of great physiographic interest and the shingle spit at Blakeney Point and the offshore shingle bank at Scolt Head Island are of special importance. The whole coast has been intensively studied and is well documented. A wide range of coastal plant…

Western Rocks

…l exposed to the full force of the Atlantic south west gales and excessive salt spray. Shallow skeletal soils are mainly confined to the larger islands; elsewhere soils are only found in isolated pockets in the granite. These thin soils and the extreme exposure severely limit the…

Peninnis Head (St. Mary's)

…d scrub habitats together with populations of a number of rare plant and lichen species. Peninnis Head is significant for Quaternary geomorphology. It demonstrates spectacular granite cliff topography with excellent examples of tors, weathering forms and associated head deposits.…

Rushy Bay & Heathy Hill (Bryher)

…ying a storm boulder beach. The site supports a number of nationally rare plant species. The areas of dune grassland between Rushy Bay and great Porth are particularly important for the occurrence of the very rare dwarf pansy Viola kitaibeliana, a plant which grows on Scilly and …

Carricknath Point to Porthbean Beach

…e of coastal habitats which support nationally rare and nationally scarce plant species, including internationally important populations of shore dock Rumex rupestris, a European endemic threatened throughout its world range, and the moss Weissia multicapsularis, another extremel…

Luscombe Valley

…ter woodland. A fringe of grassland adjacent to Poole Harbour supports maritime species such as lyme grass Leymus arenarius, sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea beet Beta vulgaris sp maritima and the nationally rare Bermuda-grass Cynodon dactylon. Within Luscombe Valley the…

Blackwater Estuary

… a nationally important assemblage of rare invertebrates, with 16 Red Data Book species and 94 notable and local species. At low tide, a vast expanse of intertidal mud is exposed from shore to shore. This enriched mud is a feeding ground for a variety of molluscs, crustaceans and…

Chapel Down (St. Martin's)

…u inland, covered in thin podzolic soils. The exposure to severe winds and salt spray has led to the development of distinctive ‘waved’ maritime heathland. Important geological exposures along the north coast at Bread and Cheese Cove and Stony Porth exhibit glacial till and outwa…

Polruan to Polperro

… in the Meadfoot Group, shapes the coastline and the nature of the habitats and species present. The various habitats found are particularly important for their assemblage of plants, including the internationally threatened shore dock Rumex rupestris and nationally endangered se…

Rame Head & Whitsand Bay

…In addition, the site also supports significant populations of other rare plant species including the nationally rare slender bird’s foot trefoil Lotus angustissimus** and early meadow-grass Poa infirma**. Whitsand Bay is also of special interest for its geology and coastal geom…

Coverack to Porthoustock

…que flora. The site has four Red Data Book (RDB) (*) and many nationally scarce species. Of particular note is the RDB species Cornish heath Erica vagans which, in the British Isles, is confined to the Lizard Peninsula and County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. Areas of the coastlin…

Seaford to Beachy Head

…ogical interest. Biology a. Terrestrial Chalk Habitats These habitats include species rich chalk grassland, scrub and woodland and a small area of the rare chalk heath. The chalk grassland flora is variable, due to local differences in climatic influence but the dominant specie…

Annet

…e of 18 metres and is consequently much exposed to the effects of wind and salt spray. This exposure has restricted species diversity and only 53 species of vascular plant have been recorded on the island. Thrift Armeria maritima occurs in abundance, forming a continuous hummock…

King's Quay Shore

Area, 97.16 hectares 240.09 ac Description Kings Quay Shore Site of Special Scientific Interest comprises the estuary of a small stream known as Palmers Brook, with flanking low cliffs and ancient woodland, together with the intertidal zone extending east and west fro…

Newtown Harbour

…e estuary are extensive areas of unimproved grassland, woodland and scrub, interspersed with ponds and hedgerows. The site is bordered to the north by The Solent shore. This consists of rapidly eroding vegetated cliffs, sand and shingle spits, beaches and large areas of intertida…

Strumble Head - Llechdafad Cliffs

… in the caves and on the beaches of the many bays. Several notable invertebrate species occur. The geologically complex coastline is much indented, and has all aspects from north to south. The most seaward slopes support crevice communities, with thrift Armeria maritima and rock …

Traeth Pensarn

Description Traeth Pensarn is of special botanical interest for its vegetated shingle beach plant communities. The site support both ‘pioneer’ and ‘stable vegetated’ shingle, extending approximately 1.7km along the Pensarn beach, fro…

Giant's Causeway and Dunseverick

…e includes many of the main features of the Antrim Lava Group, particularly the spectacular columnar basalts of the Causeway Member itself. Around 60 million years ago, the northward extension of the Atlantic Ocean was accompanied by crustal fractures tapping basaltic magma from …

Freshwater East Cliffs to Skrinkle Haven

…res from Freshwater East in the west to Skrinkle Haven in the east, which is of special interest for its Old Red Sandstone cliff exposures, plant fossils, and coastal cliff habitats and a number of rare and scarce plants and invertebrates. Geological a. Non-marine Devonian - Th…

Lydstep Head to Tenby Burrows

…om Lydstep in the west stretching east and north towards Tenby. This site is of special interest for its sea-cliff vegetation and for its numerous rare and scarce plants including five nationally rare species. On the more sheltered side of the headlands of Giltar and Lydstep, the…

De Porth Sain Ffraid / St Bride's Bay South

Description The site is of special interest for its rocky and sandy shore marine communities, including rock pool, cave and overhang communities, for grey seals Halichoerus grypus, ancient sessile oak woodland and its geology. …

Brean Down

…for the study of a wide range of ecological factors and exhibits variations in aspect, slope, grazing pressure, recreational activity, maritime influence, soil depth and composition. Limestone grassland occurs along the top of the Down and on the steeper southern slopes where it …

Morfa Dyffryn

Description Morfa Dyffryn, a coastal site south of Harlech, is of special interest for biological (terrestrial and marine intertidal) and geomorphological features. The special features of the site include sand dunes, the sea shore, saltmarsh and grassland. The site…

Hawes Water

… habitats including three rare plant communities; a number of plants and animal species which are notably scarce both in Lancashire and at a national level and an extensive reed bed which is of high ornithological importance. Hawes Water is one of only two water bodies of natural…

Dunbeath to Sgaps Geo

DUNBEATH TO SGAPS GEO Dunbeath to Sgaps Geo Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) stretches 16km north from Dunbeath along the east coast of Caithness. The site is designated for its nationally important maritime cliff vegetation. This section of …

Sheepland Coast

…e cliff and slopes, lowland meadow, Fens Silurian stratigraphy The area is of special scientific interest because of its coastal flora and fauna and earth science features. Sheepland Coast is a rocky coastline in County Down, with cliff vegetation and other grassland communitie…

Sutton Park

…f the Midlands conurbation for the extent and diversity of its habitats and the species richness of its plant communities. The woodlands on the higher ground are dominated by pedunculate oak Quercus robur, particularly in those woods which were once enclosed. Sessile oak Quercus…

Lambley River Shingles

…and drought conditions experienced on the freely draining shingles. A few plant species can adapt to these conditions and at this site the most characteristic of these metalophyte species; spring sandwort Minuartia verna, alpine penny cress Noccaea caerulescens and thrift Armeria…

Killough Bay and Strand Lough

…s is the burrowing amphipod Corophium volutator. The green seaweed Enteromorpha spp. is widespread throughout much of the harbour. Sections of Coney Island Bay are an important example of a moderately exposed sediment shore. The most common of the polychaete worms are ragworm Ner…

Cwmsymlog

…ls have developed an outstanding pteridophyte flora with a unique assemblage of species. The toxic nature of abandoned spoil inhibits colonisation by many species such that, at Cwmsymlog, the dominant vegetation is a sparse heath of heather Calluna vulgaris with western gorse Ule…

Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch

…omplex folds and flexures and cut by numerous fractures. These structures are displayed with rare clarity at this locality, making it one of the most important in the region for geological studies of the Caledonian Orogeny. Biological: Traeth Tanybwlch is a modified sand and shin…

Milden Thicks

…y are of national importance for the comparison that can be made between them, especially in explaining the ecological behaviour of trees and the distribution of tree communities. The woods are in good condition, of coppice with standards structure, although they have suffered fr…

West Cornwall Bryophytes

West Cornwall Bryophytes SSSI Description This site is special for its population of rare and scarce bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) which are adapted to growing on copper-rich substrates. The site is made up of seven areas of formerly mined land and t…

Fachwen Isaf

The fields at Fachwen Isaf are of special interest for their fen-meadow and species-rich acid grassland; both scarce habitats in the lowlands due to widespread agricultural improvement in recent decades. The site comprises a number of…

Thriplow Peat Holes

… fen and alder carr habitats which are now very restricted both nationally and especially locally. Such overgrown fen and alder carr communities are characteristically rich in invertebrate life and ponds and ditches within the site further enhance this value. The vegetation of th…

High Wood, Dunmow

…pinus betulus with some pedunculate oak Quercus robur and abundant willow Salix spp., including large trees of crack willow S. fragilis and white willow S. alba. There is also a small amount of planted hybrid poplar Populus sp. The coppice is fragmented and over mature and consis…

Morfa Harlech

Description Morfa Harlech is of special interest for its geomorphological and biological (terrestrial and marine) features. Lying to the west of the Mochras Fault, Morfa Harlech has developed upon a sequence of Tertiary sands, silts…

Spring Meadows, Alderman's Head & Cow Croft Meadows

Description Spring Meadows, Alderman’s Head and Cow Croft Meadows is nationally important for its areas of species rich unimproved neutral grassland. The site comprises a fairly wet assemblage of grasses and herb…

Drigg Coast

…he Esk channel, the course of which is determined by the large sand and shingle spits to north and south. This combination of features has resulted in a very broad range of maritime habits, supporting a particularly rich and varied flora including several species of local or nati…

Loch na Cartach

… fen vegetation. Wet flushes at the northern end of the site contain Eleocharis sp, with a small Carex rostrata marsh nearby. Also within the site are sparse scrub, moorland, machair, open water and coastal plant communities with their associated wildlife. Cliff ledge plants grow…

Sands of Forvie and Ythan Estuary

… the dune coastline of north-east Scotland. These include estuarine terraces, a spit complex, sand and raised shingle beaches, large sand sheet and classic parabolic dunes. South Forvie is an excellent representative, or ‘type example’, of the sand dune systems of the north-east …

Dee Estuary

…9.7 hectares 33,788.9 ac Description The Dee Estuary/ Aber Afon Dyfrdwy is of special interest for its total populations of internationally important wintering waterfowl; its populations of individual waterfowl and tern species whose numbers reach national and in some cases, in…

Freeholders Wood

…ders Wood, situated on the north bank of the River Ure at Aysgarth Falls, is of special interest as one of very few examples of hazel Corylus avellana coppice in the Yorkshire Dales. It has a rich ground flora, typical of calcareous woodland, which is enhanced by the active coppi…

Dee Estuary / Aber Afon Dyfrdwy

Description The Dee Estuary/Aber Afon Dyfrdwy is of special interest for its total populations of internationally important wintering waterfowl; its populations of individual waterfowl and tern species whose numbers reach national and in some cases, in…

Linne Mhuirich

Linne Mhuirich Linne Mhuirich Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is located to the south of the village of Tayvallich in Knapdale and encompasses a narrow 5 km long strip of coastline along the western shore of Linne Mhuirich sea …

Hamford Water

…Brent geese, wildfowl and waders and of national importance for many other bird species. It also supports communities of coastal plants which are rare or extremely local in Britain, including hog's fennel Peucedanum officinale which is found elsewhere only in Kent. The site inclu…

Dornoch Firth

DORNOCH FIRTH Dornoch Firth Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is located on the east coast between Dornoch (Sutherland) and Tain (Ross-shire). The Dornoch Firth is the most northerly of the large Scottish firths and one of the …

Birkwith Caves and Fell

…ing grass Briza media, as well as a variety of herbs such has selfheal Prunella vulgaris, sneezewort Achillea ptarmica, eyebright Euphrasia sp., devil's bit scabious Succisa pratensis, lesser spearwort Ranunculus flammula, marsh lousewort Pedicularis palustris and marsh valerian …

Braithwaite Moss

…eeds at only two other sites in Cumbria. The marsh fritillary has been afforded special protection due to its rarity on a European scale and has been listed under Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Annex II of the EC Habitats Directive. Braithwaite Moss is situated to the n…

Tiptree Heath

…mber of plants rare in Essex. The open heathland is mainly pure heather Calluna vulgaris, or a heather / bent grass Agrostis sp. mosaic. Elsewhere it is colonised with gorse Ulex europaeus and bramble Rubus fruticosus agg. Allseed Radiola linoides, at its only station in Essex, o…

Blelham Tarn & Bog

…s support a wide range of invertebrates including a number of rare and uncommon species. The tarn has been subject to some nutrient enrichment from man's activities and the effects of this on the phytoplankton populations has been studied over several decades by the Freshwater B…

Arcot Hall Grassland and Ponds

… 168.23 ac Description Arcot Hall Grasslands and Ponds comprises a complex of species rich grasslands, with heaths, ponds and associated damp habitats. It supports probably the largest area of lowland species rich unimproved grassland in North East England. The grassland contai…

West End Meadow, Lunds

Area, 3.7 hectares 9.1 ac Description West End Meadow is an unspoilt traditional Yorkshire Dales hay meadow which supports a variety of herb rich grassland communities. The presence of damp gulleys and hollows, with acidic and calcareous banks adds diversity to …

Glannau Rhoscolyn

…re and mire. At Glannau Rhoscolyn, maritime heath with abundant heather Calluna vulgaris and bell heather Erica cinerea is extensive over the seaward fringes of the site. In several places, but most notably in the vicinity of Porthygaran to the north of the site, the bell heather…

Bamburgh Coast and Hills

…s that may develop between the sills and country rocks; the coastal exposures display these complex relationships to best advantage. The plant communities on these whin exposures reflect differences in the chemical composition, particularly the base status, of the soils which are…

Potter & Scarning Fens, East Dereham

…orts are present. The site has great entomological interest and supports a rare species of damselfly. The central, open area of the fen is dominated by bryophytes, bog rush Schoenus nigricans and blunt flowered rush Juncus subnodulosus. Such plant communities are now rare in Brit…

Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

…, ponds, flushes, grassland, heath, scrub and woodland. Several uncommon plant species occur here, include monks-hood Aconitum napellus, the prostrate form of dyer's greenweed Genista tinctoria, wavey-leaved St John's wort Hypericum undulatum, Portland spurge Euphorbia portlandi…

Tarbat Ness

… energy of the weather attack. Maritime cliff Tarbat Ness is influenced by salt spray and exposure and a species-rich maritime heath has developed in the most exposed areas. It is dominated by crowberry (Empetrum nigrum), heather (Calluna vulgaris) and other maritime species incl…

Mill and Whiskershiel Burns

…nly three known locations in Northumberland. The wet flushed areas support low, species rich turf containing a wide variety of mosses; including Palustriella commutatum and Ctenidium molluscum, liverworts and sedges including long stalked yellow sedge Carex lepidocarpa, carnation…

Moine Mhor

Moine Mhor The Moine Mhor Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) lies to the east of the Crinan Estuary and 4 km north-west of Lochgilphead. It is notified for the habitats of saltmarsh and estuarine raised bog that together compr…

Swarth Moor

…ralix, hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum, deer grass Trichophorum cespitosum and purple moor grass Molinia caerulea, with wetter hollows and runnels containing bog mosses Sphagnum spp., common cotton grass Eriophorum angustifolium and bog asphodel Narthecium ossifragu…

Ash to Brookwood Heaths

…h land. The dry areas support open heathland dominated by ling heather Calluna vulgarisms together with bell heather Erica cinerea, dwarf gorse Ulex minor and in some areas bracken Pteridium aquilinum. Grassy areas are interspersed with red fescue Festuca rubra, wavy hair grass …

Knockdaw Hill

…rshire. The natural features include a variety of upland habitats whose diverse species composition reflects in large part the underlying geology. The SSSI overlies intrusions of serpentinite and other ultrabasic rocks of the Ballantrae Complex. These rock types have a restricted…

Mersey Narrows

…h is particularly important as a high tide roost site, particularly during high spring tides when rocky shores and man made structures closer to the feeding areas are submerged and not available as roosting sites. Seaforth is located to the north of the Royal Seaforth Dock on la…

Sunbiggin Tarn & Moors and Little Asby Scar

…er. The water is generally shallow and base rich, being derived from calcareous springs to the north of the Tarn. The outflow is along Tarn Sike, which is bounded by basic flushes along much of its course through the site. The open water of the two tarns supports few submerged hi…

Duddon Mosses

…as support a modified bog vegetation approaching wet heath with heather Calluna vulgaris, cross leaved heath Erica tetralix and hare's tail cotton grass Eriophorum vaginatum forming tussocks over much of the area. bog mosses vary in their extent in the hollows between the tussock…

Strath Duchally

Strath Duchally Strath Duchally Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is situated north of Loch Shin in central Sutherland. This site has been notified for the nationally important blanket bog habitat and breeding populations of dunlin…

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