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Sandwich and Pegwell Bay Tidal Habitats Coastal Habitats National Nature Reserve Mudflats Beach, sand dunes & dune pasture The National Nature Reserve (NNR) is home to an amazing variety of plants and animals making it nationally and At low tide large areas of mud and sand are exposed. A few ringed plover nest on the beach but little terns
internationally important © John&IrenePalmer It may look bleak and inhospitable to us, but this harsh no longer breed, probably due to predation and human for wildlife. You can Waders in flight environment is home to vast numbers of shellfish, worms disturbance. Named after the town, its close cousin the and other marine animals. Particularly in winter, these Sandwich tern can be seen throughout the summer. In find more habitats here attract spectacular July, numbers of this than anywhere else © BenRing flocks of feeding © MarkCarmody species swell as they Sanderling Lizard orchid in the southeast. The and roosting stop to feed and rest mudflats, saltmarsh, waders and before returning to their beach, sand dunes, wildfowl. winter quarters off the coastal scrublands coast of Africa. and cliffs are home to Many of the birds dozens of rare species. that visit the The roots of plants such nature reserve as sea sandwort, sea
have travelled vast couch and marram grass Bog Asphodel Pegwell Bay Country Park distances. Some help to bind and stabilize breed within the the shifting sand dunes. Arctic Circle and fly Together with the ancient thousands of miles to dune pasture further The country park is an ideal starting point from which to spend the winter here. The bountiful food and mild winter inland they form one of explore the NNR. It’s hard to imagine now, but for many climate make these amazing journeys worth the effort. the finest dune systems years the country park was a landfill site! Since the late in Britain. Several of the 1970s, careful management and livestock grazing have Wading birds like oystercatcher, ringed plover and plants growing here are seen it flourish and it’s now a haven for wildlife. redshank use the site throughout the year and a few nest. scarce elsewhere, including © JasonMitchell
© Tony Flashman Sanderling, turnstone, golden and grey plover visit for the marsh helleborine, lizard orchid Highland cow Burnet moths on pyramidal orchid winter in nationally and internationally important numbers and bedstraw broomrape. Bright wave and restharrow are
but return to their Arctic breeding grounds for the summer. © BrettLewis two rare moths associated Sand lizard with this habitat. © JasonMitchell Sea aster and glasswort © Tony Flashman Turnstone
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At the far end of the country park you can find the Stonelees Nature Reserve. This rare ancient dune pasture was a sand dune a matter Sea cliffs of centuries ago. Today, slacks (damp hollows), sandy, Saltmarsh & rocky coastline calcium-rich soils and livestock grazing provide ideal conditions for a wide range Beyond the range of most Kent contains more than of plants, including bee, Bee orchid © JasonMitchell tides specially adapted salt- a third of Britain’s coastal chalk and the cliffs at Pegwell pyramidal, common spotted tolerant plants form saltmarsh. A relative newcomer to are particularly important. They comprise many striking and southern marsh-orchids. our shores, common cord-grass dominates large areas but geological features including sea caves, stack pillars and This abundance of wild there are many other plants growing here. Look for the tunnels along with numerous fractures, faults and cracks. flowers attracts a huge distinctive mauve, daisy-like blooms of sea aster, purple At their base, wave-cut platforms often host feeding and variety of insects, including carpets of sea lavender, and the eye-catching yellows of roosting flocks of turnstone, making the Thanet coastline over three hundred species golden samphire. Although less colourful, glasswort, sea of international importance for this bird. Warm, south- of moth. blite and sea purslane are other typical saltmarsh plants. facing sections are home to solitary bees and wasps which dig nest burrows into the soft rock.