Combe Haven is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

and Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex. An area of is Filsham Reedbed Local Nature Reserve, which is managed by the

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This site has diverse habitats. Most of it is poorly drained

alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. All ...

meadows which are divided by drainage ditches. There is also ancient woodland and Filsham Reedbed is the largest area of reed beds in East Sussex. There are diverse breeding and wintering birds and many species of butterflies.

References

{{SSSIs East Sussex Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex Bexhill-on-Sea