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North Solent

Geological Conservation Review sitesNational nature reserves in EnglandNature Conservation Review sitesRamsar sites in EnglandSites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire
Special Areas of Conservation in EnglandSpecial Protection Areas in England
North Solent National Nature Reserve, between Lepe and Calshot geograph.org.uk 33319
North Solent National Nature Reserve, between Lepe and Calshot geograph.org.uk 33319

North Solent is a 1,186.7-hectare (2,932-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest along the north bank of the Solent between East End and Calshot in Hampshire. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. Part of it is in North Solent National Nature Reserve and two areas are Geological Conservation Review sites. It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site and Special Protection Area, and of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation. Boldre Foreshore is a local nature reserve.This site has diverse habitats, including mudflats, saltmarshes, beaches, marshes, grassland and woods. It has rich insect populations and is of international importance for its wintering and migratory wildfowl and waders. Stone Point is important for studies of Quaternary stratigraphy, and it has many fossils dating to the Eemian interglacial, around 120,000 years ago.

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North Solent
Lower Pennington Lane, New Forest Lymington and Pennington

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N 50.736 ° E -1.532 °
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Keyhaven & Pennington Marshes Nature Reserve

Lower Pennington Lane
SO41 8AJ New Forest, Lymington and Pennington
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