Dingle Marshes

Dingle Marshes
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TypeNature reserve
LocationDunwich, Suffolk
OS gridTM479708
Area93 hectares (230 acres)
Managed bySuffolk Wildlife Trust

Dingle Marshes is a 93-hectare (230-acre) wildlife reserve on the North Sea coast of the English county of Suffolk. The reserve is located between Dunwich and Walberswick, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Southwold. The marshes make up part of the Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve along with reserves at Walberswick and Hen Reedbeds.[1][2] They are owned jointly by the RSPB and Suffolk Wildlife Trust and are managed by these two organisations and Natural England.[2][3] The site is in the Dunwich Heaths and Marshes Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,[4] the Minsmere-Walberswick Ramsar internationally important wetland site,[5] the Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Special Area of Conservation,[6][7] and the Minsmere-Walberswick Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[8][9]

It is also within the Minsmere-Walberswick Heaths and Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest and is a Natura 2000 site.[3] It is an internationally important site for the starlet sea anemone as well as a key site for bitterns and marsh harriers within the UK.[1] It was purchased in 1999 at a cost of £1 million, aided by a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund of £559,000.[10]

  1. ^ a b Suffolk Coast NNR, Natural England. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  2. ^ a b Suffolk Coast National Nature Reserve Archived 14 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Direct enquiries. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  3. ^ a b Dingle Marshes, Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  5. ^ "Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Minsmere–Walberswick" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths and Marshes". Special Areas of Conservation. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Designated Sites View: Minsmere to Walberswick Heaths & Marshes". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Minsmere-Walberswick" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Designated Sites View: Minsmere-Walberswick". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  10. ^ Lottery helps rare species, BBC news website, 10 February 1999. Retrieved 2012-10-31.