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Ribble and Alt Estuaries |
The Ribble and Alt Estuaries lie on the Irish Sea coast of the counties of Lancashire and Merseyside in north-west England.
Numerous species of waders and wildfowl use the estuaries as feeding and over-wintering areas; these include:
- Breeding season
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Ruff Philomachus pugnax
- Over wintering
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica
- Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina alpina
- Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Knot Calidris canutus
- Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Pintail Anas acuta
- Redshank Tringa totanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Teal Anas crecca
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Wigeon Anas penelope
- Migratory
- Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
This causes the estuaries to be officially designated as a Special Protection Area and as a Ramsar site. Ribble Estuary has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1966.
See also
References
- Classification as a Special Protection Area. Joint Nature Conservation Committee.
- SSSI citation sheet. English Nature.
| Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside |
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| Dee Cliffs • Dibbinsdale • Hesketh Golf Links • Heswall Dales • Meols Meadows • Mersey Narrows • New Ferry • North Wirral Foreshore • Red Rocks • Ribble Estuary • Sefton Coast • Stanley Bank Meadow • The Dungeon • Thurstaston Common |
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