The Kench, Hayling Island | |
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Type | Local Nature Reserve |
Location | Hayling Island, Hampshire |
OS grid | SZ 692 997 |
Area | 6.0 hectares (15 acres) |
Managed by | Hampshire Countryside Service |
The Kench, Hayling Island is a 6-hectare (15-acre) Local Nature Reserve on Hayling Island in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.[1][2] It is part of Chichester and Langstone Harbours Ramsar site[3] and Special Protection Area,[4] Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation[5] and Langstone Harbour Site of Special Scientific Interest.[6]
This site on the south shore of Langstone Harbour is an area of saltmarsh and intertidal mud. Birds use the mud as a feeding area at low tide and roost on a shingle ridge during high tide.[1]
50°47′37″N 1°01′07″W / 50.79361°N 1.01861°W
Basingstoke and Deane | |
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East Hampshire |
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Eastleigh | |
Fareham |
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Gosport | |
Hart |
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Havant | |
New Forest | |
Portsmouth | |
Southampton | |
Test Valley | |
Winchester |
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