Hook with Warsash

Hook with Warsash
Hook with Warsash
Type	Local Nature Reserve
Location	Fareham, Hampshire
OS grid	SU 494 051
Area	251.6 hectares (622 acres)
Managed by	Hampshire Countryside Service
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Hook with Warsash is a 251.6-hectare (622-acre) Local Nature Reserve west of Fareham in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.^[1]^[2] It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site^[3] and Special Protection Area,^[4] of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation,^[5] and of Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest.^[6]

This nature reserve on the banks of the River Hamble and Southampton Water has diverse habitats, intertidal mud, saltmarsh, grazing marsh, reedbed, scrapes, shingle and woodland. Flora include sea kale, yellow horned poppy, slender hare's ear, marsh marigold, English stonecrop and wild carrot.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Hook with Warsash". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Map of Hook with Warsash". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 25 May 2020.
^ "Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Designated Sites View: Solent Maritime". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ "Designated Sites View: Lee-on-The Solent to Itchen Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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