Lymington River SSSI
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Ober Water (left) and the Highland Water (right) merge to form the Lymington River | |
| Location | Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 300 015[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 34.8 hectares (86 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1997[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Lymington River SSSI is a 34.8-hectare (86-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest along Lymington River and its tributaries between Lymington, Burley and Stoney Cross in Hampshire.[1][2] Highland Water is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and Ober Water is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[4] Parts of the site are in The New Forest and Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar sites,[5][6] and in The New Forest Special Protection Area.[7]
This site covers the river and its tributaries Highland Water, Ober Water and Mill Lawn Brook, and no other system in England shows such a rapid succession of plant communities in such a short stretch of river. Ober Water has a very unusual and diverse flora and several rare and protected species of dragonfly. Highland Water is important for illustrating fluvial processes in rivers in southern England which have not been subject to modification.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Lymington River". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Map of Lymington River". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
- ^ "Highland Water (Fluvial Geomorphology of England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 21 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 168. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: The New Forest". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: The New Forest". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ "Lymington River citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
50°48′43″N 1°34′34″W / 50.812°N 1.576°W
