Ribble and Alt Estuaries
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The Ribble and Alt Estuaries lie on the Irish Sea coast of the counties of Lancashire and Merseyside in north-west England, and form the boundaries of a number of nature preservation schemes.
Protected area
A large number of different species of waders and wildfowl, listed below, use the estuaries as feeding and over-wintering areas. This wide variety of bird species has led to the estuaries being officially designated as a Special Protection Area and as a Ramsar site. The Ribble Estuary has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1966 and is now covered by Natural England's Ribble Estuary National Nature Reserve.
Species
- Breeding season
- Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus)
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- Over wintering
- Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa islandica)
- Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina alpina)
- Golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- knot (Calidris canutus)
- Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
- Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Teal (Anas crecca)
- Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Wigeon (Anas penelope)
- Migratory
- Ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
See also
References
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