Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek SSSI

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	Isle of Wight
Grid reference	SZ548920-SZ634908
Interest	Biological
Area	424.4 hectare
Notification	1993
Location map	Natural England

Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek is a 424.2-hectare (1,048-acre) Site of special scientific interest which stretches along the north-east coast of the Isle of Wight, from Wootton Bridge past Ryde and Seaview to Seagrove Bay. The majority of the area consists of intertidal sand and mud flats exposed at low water, a large proportion of this being Ryde Sands. Also within the site is Wootton Creek itself and the Alan Hersey Nature Reserve at Seaview Duver. The site was notified in 1993 for its biological features.

References

v t e Sites of Special Scientific Interest on the Isle of Wight
Alverstone Marshes America Wood Arreton Down Bembridge Down Bembridge School And Cliffs Bonchurch Landslips Bouldnor And Hamstead Cliffs Brading Marshes To St. Helen's Ledges Briddlesford Copses Calbourne Down Colwell Bay Compton Chine to Steephill Cove Compton Down Cranmore Cridmore Bog Eaglehead and Bloodstone Copses Freshwater Marshes Garstons Down Greatwood And Cliff Copses Headon Warren And West High Down King's Quay Shore Lacey's Farm Quarry Lake Allotments Locks Farm Meadow Medina Estuary Mottistone Down Newtown Harbour Northpark Copse Parkhurst Forest Priory Woods Prospect Quarry Rew Down Rowridge Valley Ryde Sands and Wootton Creek Shide Quarry St Lawrence Bank The Wilderness Thorness Bay Ventnor Downs Whitecliff Bay And Bembridge Ledges Yar Estuary

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