River Mease SSSI

River Mease
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search Leicestershire
Staffordshire
Grid reference SK 264 119 [1]
Interest Biological
Area 23.0 hectares (57 acres)[1]
Notification 2000[1]
Location map Magic Map

River Mease SSSI is a 23.0 hectares (57 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest. It is a stretch of the River Mease and its tributary Gilwiskaw Brook, running between Alrewas in Staffordshire and Packington in Leicestershire.[1][2] It is also a Special Area of Conservation[3]

The river has nationally significant populations of two species of freshwater fish, spined loach and bullhead. Vegetation is sparse in the upper reaches as the stream is fast-flowing, but there are stands of floating sweet-grass, and aquatic flora is more varied in lower down, where the river flows slowly across a flood plain.[4]

The river goes through private land, but it is crossed by roads and footpaths.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: River Mease". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Map of River Mease". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Designated Sites View: River Mease". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "River Mease citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.

Coordinates: 52°42′14″N 1°35′31″W / 52.704°N 1.592°W / 52.704; -1.592

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