Consultation outcome

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay potential Special Protection Area: outcome

• From: Natural England
• Published: 18 October 2016
• Last updated: 19 December 2017 — See all updates

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The outcome report, final map area and site citation are held on another website.

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Original consultation

Summary

Natural England is seeking views on the proposal to create a new Special Protection Area (SPA) marine site by changing the boundary of the existing SPA to protect important birds.

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
9am on 18 October 2016 to 5pm on 17 January 2017

Consultation description

Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are special sites designated under the EU Birds Directive to protect rare, vulnerable and migratory birds.

The proposal for Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay is to create a new Special Protection Area (SPA) by changing the boundary of the existing SPA.

The proposed new boundary will include and protect the ideal coastal feeding waters for breeding colonies within the existing SPA of:

• common tern
• Sandwich tern
• little tern

The existing SPA already protects nationally important populations for the purpose of:

• overwintering:

  • great bittern
  • Bewick’s swan
  • hen harrier
  • golden plover
  • Mediterranean gull

• breeding:

  • marsh harrier
  • avocet
  • common tern
  • little tern
  • Sandwich tern

The site also protects:

• an internationally important migratory population of northern shoveler for overwintering
• a nationally important population of aquatic warbler which use the site as a resting place on their migration route

Published 18 October 2016
Last updated 19 December 2017 + show all updates

1. 19 December 2017

   Link to consultation outcome added.

2. 18 October 2016

   First published.