Keyhaven marshes Casestudy. Coastal habitat.
- Created by: Sneha
- Created on: 06-03-13 18:46
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- Keyhaven Marshes
- Threats
- Salt marsh retreating 6m a year
- Hurst castle spit breached during severe storms - salt marsh flooded with water and so rate of erosion increases.
- Tourists damage fragile environment - walking, cycling, parking and pollution.
- Management
- 1996 - rock armour, beach nourishment used to increase height of HC spit.
- Cost: £5m
- 1996 - rock armour, beach nourishment used to increase height of HC spit.
- Threats
- Threats
- Salt marsh retreating 6m a year
- Hurst castle spit breached during severe storms - salt marsh flooded with water and so rate of erosion increases.
- Tourists damage fragile environment - walking, cycling, parking and pollution.
- Cost: £5m
- Area conserved. SSSI and a nature reserve. - closely monitored and some areas are out of bounds to public. There are lots of information boards to inform people of fragile environment.
- Management
- 1996 - rock armour, beach nourishment used to increase height of HC spit.
- 1996 - rock armour, beach nourishment used to increase height of HC spit.
- Management
- Animals/plants found here.
- Keyhaven Marshes
- Cordgrass.
- Ringed Plover
- Wold Spider
- Keyhaven Marshes
- Sea Lavander
- Animals/plants found here.
- Cordgrass.
- Ringed Plover
- Wold Spider
- Animals/plants found here.
- Oystercatcher
- Common blue resident butterfly
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