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List of Ramsar sites in England

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This list of Ramsar sites in England includes wetlands that are considered to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. England currently has 71 sites designated as "Wetlands of International Importance".[1][2] For a full list of all Ramsar sites worldwide, see List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance.

List of Ramsar Sites

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Name[1] Location Area (km2) Designated Description Image
Abberton Reservoir Essex
51°49′N 0°52′E / 51.817°N 0.867°E / 51.817; 0.867 (Abberton Reservoir)
7.26 24 July 1981 An artificial body of water with populations of golden plover, gadwall, shoveller, teal and cormorants.
AldeOre Estuary Suffolk
52°5′N 1°33′E / 52.083°N 1.550°E / 52.083; 1.550 (Alde-Ore Estuary)
25.47 4 October 1996
Arun Valley West Sussex 52.9 16 December 1999
Avon Valley Hampshire 13.85 2 February 1998
Benfleet and Southend Marshes Essex 22.51 14 February 1994
Blackwater Estuary Essex 43.95 11 March 1992
Breydon Water Norfolk 12.03 29 March 1996
Broadland Norfolk 46.23 6 January 1976
Chesil Beach and The Fleet Dorset 7.48 17 July 1985
Chichester and Langstone Harbours Hampshire 58.1 28 October 1987
Chippenham Fen Cambridgeshire 1.12 11 March 1992
Colne Estuary
(Mid-Essex Coast Phase 2)
Essex Coast 27.01 28 July 1994
Crouch and Roach Estuaries
(Mid-Essex Coast Phase 3)
Essex Coast 17.36 24 March 1995
Deben Estuary SSSI Suffolk 9.79 11 March 1996
The Dee Estuary Cheshire, Flintshire 131.31 17 July 1985
Dengie
(Mid-Essex Coast Phase 1)
Essex Coast 31.27 24 March 1994
Dersingham Bog Norfolk 1.58 12 September 1995
Dorset Heathlands Dorset 67.3 1 October 1998
Duddon Estuary 68.06 16 March 1998
Esthwaite Water 1.37 7 November 1991
Exe Estuary Devon 23.46 11 March 1992
Foulness
(Mid-Essex Coast Phase 5)
Essex Coast 109.33 4 October 1996
Gibraltar Point 4.14 5 March 1993
Hamford Water 21.87 8 June 1993
Holburn Lake and Moss 0.28 17 July 1985
Humber Estuary Lincolnshire, Yorkshire 379.88 28 July 1994
Irthinghead Mires 7.92 17 July 1985
Isles of Scilly 40.2 13 August 2001
Lea Valley 44.8 9 October 2000
Leighton Moss 1.29 28 November 1985
Lindisfarne Northumberland 36.79 5 January 1976
Lower Derwent Valley 9.15 17 July 1985
Malham Tarn 2.86 28 October 1993
Martin Mere 1.2 28 November 1985
Medway Estuary and Marshes Kent 46.97 15 December 1993
Mersey Estuary 50.33 20 December 1995
Midland Meres and Mosses (Phase 1) 5.11 9 May 1994
Midland Meres and Mosses (Phase 2) 15.88 2 February 1997
Minsmere-Walberswick Suffolk 20.19 5 January 1976
Morecambe Bay 374.05 4 October 1996
Nene Washes Cambridgeshire 15.17 5 March 1993
The New Forest Hampshire 16.12 22 September 1993
North Norfolk Coast Norfolk 78.87 5 January 1976
Northumbria Coast Northumberland 11.08 2 February 2000
Ouse Washes Cambridgeshire, Norfolk 24.69 5 January 1976
Pagham Harbour Hampshire 6.37 30 March 1988
Pevensey Levels East Sussex 35.78 2 February 1999
Poole Harbour Dorset 24.39 22 July 1999
Portsmouth Harbour Hampshire 12.49 28 February 1995
Redgrave and South Lopham Fens 1.27 15 February 1991
Ribble and Alt Estuaries Lancashire 134.64 28 November 1985
Rostherne Mere 0.8 24 July 1981
Roydon Common 1.94 5 March 1993
Rutland Water 13.6 4 October 1991
Severn Estuary 247.01 5 January 1976
Solent and Southampton Water 54.15 1 October 1998
Somerset Levels and Moors 63.88 26 June 1997
South West London Waterbodies 82.8 9 October 2000
Stodmarsh Kent 4.81 16 December 1993
Stour and Orwell Estuaries Suffolk 33.24 13 July 1994
The Swale Kent 65.15 17 July 1985
Teesmouth and Cleveland Coast Cleveland 12.47 15 August 1995
Thames Estuary and Marshes Essex, Kent 55.89 5 May 2000
Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Kent 21.69 28 July 1994
Thursley and Ockley Bog Surrey 2.65 14 February 1994
Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits 2.65 7 April 2011
Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Surrey 2.65 1 October 1986
Walmore Common 0.53 5 December 1991
The Wash Norfolk, Lincolnshire 622.12 30 March 1988
Wicken Fen Cambridgeshire 2.54 12 September 1995
Woodwalton Fen Cambridgeshire 2.08 12 September 1995

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Ramsar List" (PDF). Ramsar.org. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  2. ^ "The Annotated Ramsar List: United Kingdom". Ramsar.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.