Combe Haven
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Combe Haven is a 156.1 hectare (385.7 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
, located in East Sussex
, England
. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
.
The site consists of mainly alluvial meadows and the largest reed bed in the county, creating a very important site for a variety of fauna.
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
, located in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom and was implemented to comply with the Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds...
.
The site consists of mainly alluvial meadows and the largest reed bed in the county, creating a very important site for a variety of fauna.