Pevensey Levels

Pevensey Levels is a 3,603.2-hectare (8,904-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Bexhill-on-Sea and Hailsham in East Sussex.^[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,^[3] a Ramsar site^[4] and a Special Area of Conservation.^[5] An area of 183.5 hectares (453 acres) is a national nature reserve^[6] and an area of 150 hectares (370 acres) is a nature reserve called Pevensey Marshes which is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.^[7]

Pevensey Levels

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ 647 076[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	3,603.2 hectares (8,904 acres)[1]
Notification	1990[1]
Location map	Magic Map

This is a large area of wetland grazing meadows intersected by a network of ditches. It has many nationally rare invertebrates. It may be the best site in Britain for freshwater mollusc fauna, including the endangered shining ram's-horn snail. It also has one nationally rare and several nationally scarce aquatic plants and it is of national importance for lapwing, with more than 1% of the British population.^[8]