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Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth

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Coordinates: 50°54′54″N 4°33′36″W / 50.9149°N 4.5599°W / 50.9149; -4.5599
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50°54′54″N 4°33′36″W / 50.9149°N 4.5599°W / 50.9149; -4.5599 Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth is a coastal Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Cornwall, England, UK, noted for its biological interest.[1]

Geography

The 343-hectare (850-acre) site, notified in 1973, is situated on the north Cornish coast, within Morwenstow civil parish, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of the town of Bude. It starts at Steeple Point in the south, following the shores of the Celtic Sea in the Atlantic Ocean to Marsland Mouth in the north, which is on the Cornwall-Devon border.[2][3]

The South West Coast Path runs through the SSSI and parts of the coastline is owned by the National Trust. The SSSI also covers the Cornish side of Marsland Valley nature reserve, jointly owned by the Devon and Cornwall Wildlife Trusts.[3][4]

Wildlife and ecology

The SSSI is sited on a geological formation of Upper Carboniferous Culm Measures, which support a variety of habitats including maritime grassland, woodland, maritime heath, scrub, bodies of water as well as rocky foreshore and cliffs.[1]

Flora

Amongst the cliff edge grassland Buckshorn Plantain (Plantago coronopus), Carline Thistle (Carlina vulgaris), Red Fescue (Festuca rubra), Thrift (Armeria maritima) and Wild Thyme (Thymus praecox) can be found. Along with some of these species Bell Heather (Erica cinerea), Heather (Calluna vulgaris), Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia), Catsear, Eyebright (of the Euphrasia genus), Western Gorse (Ulex gallii) and Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) grow in the heathlands.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth" (PDF). Natural England. 1987. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Steeple Point to Marsland Mouth map". Natural England. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  3. ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 9780319231456
  4. ^ "Marsland Valley Nature Reserve". Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
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