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Chichester Harbour, the Glossary

Chichester Harbour is a large natural harbour in West Sussex and Hampshire.^[1]

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Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England
Beaches of West Sussex
Chichester
Ports and harbours of West Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1970

A Nature Conservation Review

A Nature Conservation Review is a two-volume work by Derek Ratcliffe, published by Cambridge University Press in 1977. Chichester Harbour and a Nature Conservation Review are nature Conservation Review sites.

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Act of Parliament (United Kingdom)

An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is primary legislation passed by the UK Parliament in Westminster, London.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB;, AHNE) is one of 46 areas of countryside in England, Wales, or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Birdham

Birdham is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.

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Birds Directive

The Birds Directive (formally known as Council Directive 2009/147/EC on the conservation of wild birds) is the oldest piece of EU legislation on the environment and one of its cornerstones which was unanimously adopted in April 1979 as the Directive 79/409/EEC.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.

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Black-tailed godwit

The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.

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Bosham

Bosham is a coastal village, ecclesiastical parish and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, within the historic county of Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this.

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Chichester

Chichester is a cathedral city and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Chidham and Hambrook

Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham.

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Common greenshank

The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.

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Common redshank

The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.

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Common ringed plover

The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds across much of northern Eurasia, as well as Greenland.

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Dinghy sailing

Dinghy sailing is the activity of sailing small boats by using five essential controls.

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Dunlin

The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader in the genus Calidris.

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Emsworth

Emsworth is a town in the Borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England near the border with West Sussex.

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Eurasian curlew

The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a very large wader in the family Scolopacidae.

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Fishbourne, West Sussex

Fishbourne is a village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England and is situated two miles west of Chichester.

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Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish.

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Geological Conservation Review

The Geological Conservation Review (GCR) is produced by the UK's Joint Nature Conservation Committee and is designed to identify those sites of national and international importance needed to show all the key scientific elements of the geological and geomorphological features of Britain.

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Grey plover

The grey plover or black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola) is a large plover breeding in Arctic regions.

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Hampshire

Hampshire (abbreviated to Hants.) is a ceremonial county in South East England.

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Harbor

A harbor (American English), or harbour (Canadian English, British English; see spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be moored.

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Havant

Havant is a town in the south-east corner of Hampshire, England, between Portsmouth and Chichester.

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Hayling Island

Hayling Island is an island off the south coast of England, in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, east of Portsmouth.

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Hayling Island Lifeboat Station

Hayling Island Lifeboat Station is located on the eastern side of Hayling Island, Hampshire, opposite the village of West Wittering, at the entrance to Chichester Harbour, where it joins the major shipping route of the Solent.

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International 14

The International 14 is an International racing sailboat, crewed by two sailors.

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Langstone Harbour

Langstone Harbour is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire. Chichester Harbour and Langstone Harbour are nature Conservation Review sites, Ramsar sites in England and sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire.

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Langstone, Hampshire

Langstone is a village near Havant, Hampshire in the south east of England in Portsmouth.

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Local nature reserve

Local nature reserve (LNR) is a statutory designation for certain nature reserves in Great Britain.

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Marina

A marina (from Spanish, Portuguese and Italian: "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.

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National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949

The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 97) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the National Parks Commission which later became the Countryside Commission and then the Countryside Agency, which became Natural England when it merged with English Nature in 2006.

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Navigation is a field of study that focuses on the process of monitoring and controlling the movement of a craft or vehicle from one place to another.

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Northney

Northney is a village on north Hayling island in the borough of Havant in the county of Hampshire, England.

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Pagham Harbour

Pagham Harbour is a biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the western outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex. Chichester Harbour and Pagham Harbour are nature Conservation Review sites, ports and harbours of West Sussex, Ramsar sites in England and sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex.

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Portsmouth Harbour

Portsmouth Harbour is a / biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Portsmouth and Gosport in Hampshire. Chichester Harbour and Portsmouth Harbour are Ramsar sites in England and sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire.

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Harbour

Also known as Chichester Harbor.

, West Thorney, West Wittering, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Yacht.

Chichester Harbour, the Glossary

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See also

Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England

Beaches of West Sussex

Chichester

Ports and harbours of West Sussex

Sites of Special Scientific Interest notified in 1970

References