Ouse Washes
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Ouse Washes is a large floodplain washland and internationally important wetland in eastern England, managed for flood control and wildlife conservation between the rivers Great Ouse and Old Bedford.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Site of Special Scientific Interest
ⓘ
Special Protection Area ⓘ washland ⓘ |
| betweenWatercourses |
Old Bedford River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
River Great Ouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designatedAsRamsarSiteFor | internationally important waterfowl populations ⓘ |
| designatedAsSPABecauseOf | migratory birds ⓘ |
| designatedAsSSSIBecauseOf | biological interest ⓘ |
| floodsSeasonally | winter ⓘ |
| habitatType |
open water
ⓘ
reedbed ⓘ wet grassland ⓘ |
| hasProtectionStatus |
EU Birds Directive SPA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ramsar Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ SSSI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVisitorCentre | Welney Wetland Centre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importantFor |
breeding waders
ⓘ
wet grassland birds ⓘ wintering wildfowl ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cambridgeshire, England
ⓘ
surface form:
Cambridgeshire
England ⓘ Fenland NERFINISHED ⓘ Norfolk NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern England ⓘ |
| managesFloodwaterFrom | River Great Ouse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearSettlement |
Ely
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manea NERFINISHED ⓘ Welney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
bewick's swan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
black-tailed godwit NERFINISHED ⓘ hen harrier ⓘ marsh harrier NERFINISHED ⓘ pintail ⓘ pochard ⓘ redshank ⓘ ruff ⓘ shoveler ⓘ snipe ⓘ spotted crake ⓘ whooper swan ⓘ wigeon ⓘ |
| partOf |
Ouse Washes System
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Fens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
flood control
ⓘ
wildlife conservation ⓘ |
| visitorCentreManagedBy | Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.