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Greater Wash potential Special Protection Area: outcome
Natural England and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee are seeking views on the proposal to create a new Special Protection Area (SPA) marine site to protect important birds.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk
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Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are special sites designated under the EU Birds Directive to protect rare, vulnerable and migratory birds.
The proposal is to create a new Greater Wash Special Protection Area (SPA) to protect internationally important populations of overwintering:
- red-throated diver
- common scoter
- little gull
The new SPA will include and protect the ideal coastal feeding waters used by breeding populations of:
- common tern
- Sandwich tern
- little tern