South Binness Island
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South Binness Island is an island in Langstone Harbour
. It is 600 metres (656.2 yd) long and up to 240 metres (262.5 yd) wide but only rises to 2 metres (7 ft) above Ordnance Datum
. Archaeological finds include bronze age pottery and an unfinished Plano-convex knife.
In 1978 the island along with the other islands in Langstone harbour was acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
who turned it into a bird sanctuary. Since that time unauthorised landings have been forbidden.
The Island is nesting site for black-headed gull
s and the Little Tern
. In 2008 the island had 4,886 nesting pairs of black-headed gulls and 11 nesting pairs of Little Terns. None of the Little Tern managed to raise any young that year something thought to be in part due to the number of black-headed gulls.
Langstone Harbour
Langstone Harbour is an inlet of the English Channel in Hampshire, sandwiched between Portsea Island to the south and west, Hayling Island to the south and east, and Langstone to the north. Geographically it is a ria....
. It is 600 metres (656.2 yd) long and up to 240 metres (262.5 yd) wide but only rises to 2 metres (7 ft) above Ordnance Datum
Ordnance Datum
In the British Isles, an Ordnance Datum or OD is a vertical datum used by an ordnance survey as the basis for deriving altitudes on maps. A spot height may be expressed as AOD for "above ordnance datum". Usually mean sea level is used for the datum...
. Archaeological finds include bronze age pottery and an unfinished Plano-convex knife.
In 1978 the island along with the other islands in Langstone harbour was acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Bird Notes and News was first published in April 1903.The title changed to 'Bird Notes' in 1947. In the 1950s, there were four copies per year . Each volume covered two years, spread over three calendar years...
who turned it into a bird sanctuary. Since that time unauthorised landings have been forbidden.
The Island is nesting site for black-headed gull
Black-headed Gull
The Black-headed Gull is a small gull which breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory, wintering further south, but some birds in the milder westernmost areas of Europe are resident...
s and the Little Tern
Little Tern
The Little Tern, Sternula albifrons or Sterna albifrons, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It was formerly placed into the genus Sterna, which now is restricted to the large white terns . The former North American and Red Sea S. a...
. In 2008 the island had 4,886 nesting pairs of black-headed gulls and 11 nesting pairs of Little Terns. None of the Little Tern managed to raise any young that year something thought to be in part due to the number of black-headed gulls.