Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI

Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI is located in Somerset
Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI
Location within Somerset
LocationAvon
Grid referenceST440700
Coordinates51°25′34″N 2°48′25″W / 51.42623°N 2.80684°W / 51.42623; -2.80684
InterestBiological
Area129.4 hectares (1.294 km2; 0.500 sq mi)
Notification1995 (1995)
Natural England website

Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors SSSI (grid reference ST440700) is a 129.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn on the North Somerset Levels, notified in 1995.

The soils in the area include both clays of the Allerton and Wentloog Series[1] and peat soils of the Sedgemoor and Godney Series,[1] which are drained by a network of large rhynes and smaller field ditches, which support exceptionally rich plant and invertebrate fauna communities. Exceptional populations of Coleoptera occur with at least 12 nationally scarce species and two nationally rare species, including Britain's largest water beetle the Great Silver Water Beetle (Hydrophilus piceus).[1]

  1. ^ a b c "SSSI citation" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 28 February 2011.