The site has been designated an SSSI for its overwintering waders and wildfowl, and for its diverse saltmarshes. It has internationally important overwintering redshanks and nationally important numbers of dark-bellied brent geese, shelducks and black-tailed godwits. The estuary also has three nationally rare plants and a nationally rare mollusc.[9]
References
^ a b c d"Designated Sites View: Deben Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^"Deben Estuary". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^"Map of Deben Estuary". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
^"Information Sheet on Ramsar Wetlands (RIS): Deben Estuary" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
^"Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Deben Estuary" (PDF). Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
^"Designated Sites View: Deben Estuary". Special Protection Area. Natural England. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
^"Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018" (PDF). Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
^ a b"Deben Estuary citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
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