Chesil and the Fleet
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code UK0017076)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since October 1996
- Country: United Kingdom
- Administrative region: Dorset and Somerset (UKK2)
- Surface area: 16 km2 (1634.91 ha)
- Marine area: 95%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 0 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 9 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1110 | Sandbanks which are slightly covered by sea water all the time | 50.68 |
1140 | Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide | 89.92 |
1150 | Coastal lagoons | 490.47 |
1210 | Annual vegetation of drift lines | 14.71 |
1220 | Perennial vegetation of stony banks | 81.75 |
1230 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts | 1.63 |
1310 | Salicornia and other annuals colonizing mud and sand | 9.81 |
1330 | Atlantic salt meadows (Glauco-Puccinellietalia maritimae) | 16.35 |
1420 | Mediterranean and thermo-Atlantic halophilous scrubs (Sarcocornetea fruticosi) | 4.9 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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October 1996 |
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December 2004 |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | April 2005 |
Date of Standard data form update | December 2015 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |