Folkestone Warren
Folkestone Warren is a 316.3-hectare (782-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) which runs along the coast between Folkestone and Dover in Kent. It is a Nature Conservation Review site and it contains three Geological Conservation Review sites and part of a fourth. An area of 83.6 hectares (207 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve,
These chalk cliffs have several nationally rare plants and they provide a location for cliff nesting and wintering birds. The SSSI also contains two internationally important reference sites for study of the Cretaceous period.
References
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Folkestone Warren". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–2. ISBN 0-521-21403-3.
- ^ "East Wear Bay, Folkestone (Jurassic - Cretaceous Reptilia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Folkestone Warren (Mass movement)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Folkestone (Aptian-Albian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Map of Folkestone Warren". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Folkestone Warren citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
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