Derwent Ings
{{Short description|Water-meadow in Yorkshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox SSSI
|image=Cygnus bewickii 01.jpg
|image_caption=Adult Bewick's swan (Cygnus columbianus bewickii)
|image_size=200px
|name=Derwent Ings
|aos=East Riding of Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
|interest=Biological
|gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SE 703347}}
|coordinates = {{coord|53.911236|-0.930547|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
|displaymap=East Riding of Yorkshire
|map_caption = Shown within the East Riding of Yorkshire
|area={{convert|1636.91|acre|km2 sqmi}}
|notifydate=1975
|enref=1002114
}}
Derwent Ings is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) divided between North Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002114.pdf|title= Derwent Ings|year=1988|publisher=Natural England|format = PDF|accessdate=21 July 2009}} Derwent Ings is of international significance and has been designated a Wetland of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention{{cite web|url=http://ramsar.wetlands.org/Database/Searchforsites/tabid/765/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=Ramsar sites database|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927161034/http://ramsar.wetlands.org/Database/Searchforsites/tabid/765/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archivedate=27 September 2009 |accessdate=1 December 2009}} and as a Special Protection Area under the terms of the European Community Directive. Part of the site is owned by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust{{cite web
|url=http://www.ywt.org.uk/nature_reserves.php?id=60
|title=Nature Reserves :Wheldrake Ings
|publisher=Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
|accessdate=21 July 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305070310/http://www.ywt.org.uk/nature_reserves.php?id=60
|archive-date=5 March 2009
|url-status=dead
}} and is managed in conjunction with English Nature. It lies adjacent to the River Derwent between Sutton upon Derwent and Menthorpe. The site, which was designated a SSSI in 1975, consists of a series of neutral alluvial flood meadows, fen and swamp communities and freshwater habitats. It is one of the most important examples of agriculturally unimproved species-rich alluvial flood meadow habitat remaining in the UK.
In winter the Ings support internationally important concentrations of waterfowl, in excess of 20,000 individuals, together with nationally important numbers of Bewick's swan, teal, wigeon, mallard, pochard, golden plover and ruff.