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Solent Seagrass Project

Hants and Wight Wildlife Trust Marine Pages

Solent Habitat Information Pack

Marine Habitat Classification

Habitats

There are a number of coastal and marine habitats in the Solent and these different habitats provide homes to a range of plants and animals making the Solent an area rich in biodiversity.  The main coastal and marine habitats in the Solent are:  Coastal Grazing Marsh; Estuaries; Maritime Cliffs; Rocky Shores; Saline Lagoons, Saltmarsh, Sand Dunes; Sea-grass beds/intertidal flats and vegetated shingle.

The Solent Forum has published an information pack on coastal and marine habitats in the Solent. Please use this pack to find out all about the coastal and marine habitats in the Solent.