Pakefield to Easton Bavents explained

Pakefield to Easton Bavents is a 735.4hectare biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which stretches along the Suffolk coast between Lowestoft and Southwold.^{[1] [2]} It includes three Geological Conservation Review sites,^{[3] [4] [5]} and part of the Benacre National Nature Reserve.^[6] An area of 326.7 hectares is the Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons Special Area of Conservation,^{[7] [8]} and 470.6 hectares is the Benacre to Easton Bavents Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.^{[9] [10]} The site is also partly in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[11]

The site is described by Natural England as nationally important for its exposures of the Lower Pleistocene Norwich Crag Formation, its vegetated shingle features, saline lagoons, flood-plain fens, its nationally scarce vascular plants, and for its scarce breeding birds and wintering bitterns.^[12]

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52.38°N 1.7°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Pakefield to Easton Bavents . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 June 2017.
2. Web site: Map of Pakefield to Easton Bavents. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 June 2017.
3. Web site: Benacre Ness (Coastal Geomorphology of England) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
4. Web site: Easton Bavents (Pleistocene Vertebrata) . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
5. Web site: Easton Bavents (Quaternary of East Anglia) . Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 3 May 2017.
6. Web site: Designated Sites View: Benacre . National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 5 May 2017.
7. Web site: Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons . Special Areas of Conservation . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
8. Web site: Designated Sites View: Benacre to Easton Bavents Lagoons . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
9. Web site: Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Benacre to Easton Bavents. . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
10. Web site: Designated Sites View: Benacre to Easton Bavents . Special Protection Area. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
11. Web site: Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018. 76. Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. 6 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160815202035/http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf. 2016-08-15. dead.
12. Web site: Pakefield to Easton Bavents citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 June 2017. bot: unknown. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504231804/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000508.pdf. 4 May 2015.