Dengie nature reserve
Dengie nature reserve is a 12 sq. mi. biological and geological Site of [Special Scientific Interest] between the estuaries of the Blackwater and Crouch near Bradwell-on-Sea in Essex. It is also a National Nature Reserve, a Special Protection Area, a Nature Conservation Review site, a Geological Conservation Review site and a Ramsar site. It is part of the Essex estuaries Special Area of Conservation. An area of 30 acres is the Bradwell [Shell Bank] nature reserve, which is managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust.
It consists of large, remote area of tidal mud-flats and salt marshes at the eastern end of the Dengie peninsula. The Chapel of [St Peter-on-the-Wall] overlooks some of the site.
It is a wetland of international importance and provides habitats for: