Dengie nature reserve

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Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox SSSI Template:Designation list Dengie nature reserve is a 12 sq. mi. (3,105 hectare) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch near Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex.[1][2] It is also a National Nature Reserve,[3] a Special Protection Area,[4] a Nature Conservation Review site,[1] a Geological Conservation Review site[5] and a Ramsar site.[6] It is part of the Essex estuaries Special Area of Conservation.[7] An area of 30 acres (12 hectares) is the Bradwell Shell Bank nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.[8]

It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula . The Chapel of St Peter-on-the-Wall overlooks some of the site.

It is a wetland of international importance and provides habitats for:

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