Foulness SSSI Foulness SSSI Foulness SSSI is a 10,702 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest covering the shoreline between Southend-on-Sea and the Crouch estuary in Essex. It is a key site in "A Nature Conservation Review", and is part of the Essex Estuaries Special Area of Conservation. It covers two Ramsar wetland sites of international importance, 'Crouch and Roach Estuaries' and 'Foulness'. An area of 6.4 hectares is Shoeburyness Old Ranges, a Local Nature Reserve managed by the Essex Wildlife Trust. Most of the site is owned and managed by the Ministry of Defence. Natural England describes it as "extensive intertidal
Lambay Island Lambay Island Lambay, sometimes referred to as Lambay Island (; called in ) lies in the Irish Sea off the coast of north County Dublin in Ireland. It is offshore from the headland at Portrane and is the easternmost point of the province of Leinster. Similarly named places are Lamba in the Faroe Islands and Lamba in Shetland. Ptolemy's "Geography" (2nd century AD) described an island called Εδρου ("Edrou"). PIE *"sed"- ‘to sit, settle’ had descendants in many languages, including Greek ἑδρα ("hedra") ‘sitting place’ whose many specific uses included ‘base for ships’. Lambay Island is the largest island off