Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | TQ 021 010 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 32.1 hectares (79 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Climping Beach is a 32.1-hectare (79-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Littlehampton in West Sussex. [1] [2] The eastern half is designated a Local Nature Reserve called West Beach. [3] [4]
This stretch of shoreline has sand dunes at the back with a vegetated shingle beach, which is a nationally uncommon habitat, in front. The intertidal zone has soft muds and sands with many invertebrates, which are an important source of food for wintering birds, especially sanderling. [5]