Comment

Representation ID: 18981

Received: 26/02/2007

Respondent: Natural England

Dungeness is a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the European Habitats Directive and important for its range of habitats (including the plants and invertebrates of the wetlands, shingle ridges and beaches and a large great crested newt population)

Dungeness to Pett Level is classified as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for its birds (overwintering Bewick Swans, shovellers and breeding little terns(?) and artic terns and Mediterranean gull ) under the European Birds Directive.

These sites form part of a commitment globally and by member states of the European community to protect the habitats of threatened species of wildlife. All the international Nature Areas are also designated SSSIs.