Calshot Marshes

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Hampshire, England}}

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| name = Calshot Marshes

| photo = View over calshot marshes.JPG

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| type = Local Nature Reserve

| grid_ref_UK = SU 483 023

| location = Calshot, Hampshire

| area = {{convert| 51.1 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}

| manager = Hampshire Countryside Service

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Calshot Marshes is a {{convert| 51.1 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} Local Nature Reserve near Calshot, at the junction of The Solent and Southampton Water in Hampshire. It is owned by Hampshire County Council and managed by Hampshire Countryside Service.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008822&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Calshot Marshes |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=23 May 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320193538/https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1008822&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |archive-date=March 20, 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271008822%27|title=Map of Calshot Marshes |series= Local Nature Reserves |publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 23 May 2020|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320193852/https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=Ref_CODE%3D%271008822%27 |archive-date=March 20, 2024

}} It is part of Solent and Southampton Water Ramsar site{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11063&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 23 April 2020}} and Special Protection Area,{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9011061&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Solent and Southampton Water | series= Special Protection Areas |publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 23 April 2020}} of Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030059&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Solent Maritime | series= Special Areas of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 23 April 2020}} and of Hythe to Calshot Marshes Site of Special Scientific Interest.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001035&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Hythe to Calshot Marshes | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 27 April 2020}}

This saltmarsh site is internationally important for dark-bellied brent geese and nationally important for wigeon, teal, ringed plover, grey plover, black-tailed godwit, redshank and dunlin.

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