§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those sites which(a) have been designated or (b) meet the criteria for designation as (i) special protection areas under the European 491W Community directive on the conservation of wild birds or (ii) Ramsar sites under the convention of wetlands of international importance. [22367]
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Site County SPA/Ramsar Date designated Bridgwater Bay Somerset Ramsar 5.1.76 Bure Marshes Norfolk Ramsar 5.1.76 Hickling Broad and Horsey Mere Norfolk Ramsar 5.1.76 Lindisfarne Northumberland SPA/Ramsar 5.1.76 Extended 11.3.92 Minsmere-Walberswick Suffolk SPA/Ramsar 5.1.76 Extended 19.5.92 North Norfolk Coast Norfolk SPA/Ramsar 5.1.76 Extended 20.1.89 Ouse Washes Cambridgeshire/Norfolk SPA/Ramsar 5.1.76 Extended 5.3.93 Abberton Reservoir Essex Ramsar 24.7.81 SPA 5.12.91 Rostherne Mere Cheshire Ramsar 24.7.81 Moor House Cumbria SPA 31.8.82 Orfordness-Havergate Suffolk SPA 31.8.82 Ribble Estuary Lancashire SPA 31.8.82 The Swale Kent SPA/Ramsar 31.8.82 Extended 17.7.85 Further extended 15.12.93 Chesil Beach and The Fleet Dorset SPA/Ramsar 17.7.85 Chew Valley Lake Avon SPA 17.7.85 Coquet Island Northumberland SPA 17.7.85 Dee Estuary Clwyd, Cheshire and Merseyside SPA/Ramsar 17.7.85 Derwent Ings (part of Lower Derwent Valley) North Yorkshire/Humberside SPA/Ramsar 17.7.85 Fame Islands Northumberland SPA 17.7.85 Holburn Lake and Moss Northumberland SPA/Ramsar 17.7.85 Irthinghead Mires Cumbria/Northumberland Ramsar 17.7.85 Alt Estuary Merseyside SPA/Ramsar 28.11.85 Leighton Moss Lancashire SPA/Ramsar 28.11.85 Martin Mere Lancashire SPA/Ramsar 28.11.85 Rockliffe Marshes (part of Upper Solway Flats and Marshes) Cumbria SPA/Ramsar 23.9.86 Chichester and Langstone Harbours Hampshire/West Sussex SPA/Ramsar 28.10.87 Upper Severn Estuary Gloucestershire SPA/Ramsar 5.2.88 The Wash Lincolnshire/Norfolk SPA/Ramsar 30.3.88 Pagham Harbour West Sussex SPA/Ramsar 30.3.88 Redgrave and Lopham Fens Norfolk/Suffolk Ramsar 15.2.91 Rutland Water Leicestershire SPA/Ramsar 4.10.91 Esthwaite Water Cumbria Ramsar 7.11.91 Walmore Common Gloucestershire SPA/Ramsar 5.12.91 Exe Estuary Devon SPA/Ramsar 11.3.92 Old Hall Marshes Essex SPA/Ramsar 11.3.92 Chippenham Fen Cambridgeshire Ramsar 11.3.92 Porton Down Wiltshire/Hampshire SPA 3.7.92 Upper Solway Flats and Marshes Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway SPA/Ramsar 30.11.92 Roydon Common Norfolk Ramsar 5.3.93 Great Yarmouth North Denes Norfolk SPA 5.3.93 Nene Washes Cambridgeshire SPA/Ramsar 5.3.93 Gibraltar Point (Wash Phase II) Lincolnshire SPA/Ramsar 5.3.93 Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs Humberside/North Yorkshire SPA 5.3.93 Hornsea Mere Humberside SPA 5.3.93 Hamford Water Essex SPA/Ramsar 8.6.93 Lower Derwent Valley North Yorkshire/Humberside SPA/Ramsar 8.6.93 New Forest Hampshire SPA/Ramsar 22.9.93 Malham Tarn North Yorkshire Ramsar 28.10.93 Salisbury Plain Wiltshire SPA 3.11.93 Medway Estuary Kent SPA/Ramsar 15.12.93 Bowland Fells Lancashire SPA 16.12.93 Stodmarsh Kent SPA/Ramsar 16.12.93 Benfleet and Southend Marshes Essex SPA/Ramsar 14.2.94 Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons (Wealden Heaths PhI) Surrey/Hampshire SPA/Ramsar 14.2.94
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe following table lists all those sites in England which have been designated as either special protection areas, or Ramsar sites, or both.
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Site County SPA/Ramsar Date designated Dengie Essex SPA/Ramsar 24.3.94 Midland Meres and Mosses Cheshire, Staffordshire and Shropshire Ramsar 9.5.94 Stour and Orwell Estuary Essex/Suffolk SPA/Ramsar 13.7.94 Humber Rats, Marshes and Coast Phase 1 Humberside/Lincolnshire SPA/Ramsar 28.7.94 Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Kent SPA/Ramsar 28.7.94 Colne Estuary Essex SPA/Ramsar 28.7.94 Broadland Norfolk/Suffolk SPA/Ramsar 21.9.94 Ribble and Alt Estuaries Phase 2 Lancashire/Merseyside SPA/Ramsar 16.2.95 Portsmouth Harbour Hampshire SPA/Ramsar 28.2.95 River Crouch Marshes Essex SPA/Ramsar 24.3.95 A list of areas identified on the basis of scientific evidence as potentially qualifying for classification as special protection areas in England was published in planning policy guidance note 9, issued in October 1994. This list and the list of potential Ramsar sites is currently under review. When this work is completed a revised list will be published.