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Alde Mudflats
TypeNature reserve
LocationIken, Suffolk
OS gridTM399562
Area22 hectares
Managed bySuffolk Wildlife Trust

Alde Mudflats is a 22 hectare nature reserve west of Iken in Suffolk. It is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and part of the Alde-Ore Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ramsar internationally important wetland site, Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds, and Grade I Nature Conservation Review site,

This three mile long stretch of inter-tidal mud and saltmarsh supports internationally important numbers of avocets, and other birds include black-tailed godwits, oystercatchers, marsh harriers, pintails, wigeons and grey plovers.

There is no public access to the site.

References

  1. ^ "Alde Mudflats". Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. "Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 12 May 2017.
  4. "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands: Alde-Ore Estuary" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  5. "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  6. "Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. "Designated Sites View: Alde, Ore and Butley Estuaries". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. "Alde–Ore Estuary". Special Protection Areas. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. "Designated Sites View: Alde-Ore Estuary". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 9. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.

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