THE ROLE OF BEACON LAGOONS NATURE RESERVE IN INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION

摘要

The South Holderness Countryside Society (SHCS) was founded in 1983 in order, among other objectives, to engage in the conservation of wildlife within its geographical area. Interest in the Little Tern colony at Kilnsea led to the Society's acquisition of 37 acres of littoral land and saline lagoon between the sea defences and the North Sea, immediately south of the 33-acre holding owned by the NRA (now the Environment Agency) and leased to the SHCS. A further 22 acres of agricultural land subject to saline encroachment and windborne sand were later acquired to extend the site further south. Management of the site is in the hands of the SHCS, with involvement of the Spurn Bird Observatory in organising the Little Tern Protection Scheme.