| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | West Sussex |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SZ 872 968[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 629.0 hectares (1,554 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Pagham Harbour is a 629-hectare (1,550-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site,[3] a Nature Conservation Review site,[1] a Ramsar site,[4] a Special Protection Area[5] and a Marine Conservation Zone.[6] An area of 599.1 hectares (1,480 acres) is a RSPB Local Nature Reserve.[7][8]
The harbour forms an area of saltmarsh and shallow lagoons. It is not an estuary, as no major streams enter the harbour with the only freshwater inflow a few small streams draining surrounding fields.[9][10]
- ^ a b c d e "Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Map of Pagham Harbour". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Pagham Harbour (Coastal Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
- ^ "Pagham Harbour Marine Conservation Zone" (PDF). Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs November 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ^ "Pagham Harbour" (PDF). Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ^ "Map of Pagham Harbour". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
- ^ "Changes of Pagham Harbour". University of Sussex. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
- ^ Michael Shrubb (24 July 2003). Birds, Scythes and Combines: A History of Birds and Agricultural Change. Cambridge University Press. pp. 148–9. ISBN 978-0-521-81463-8.