Somerset Levels - Wikipedia
WEBThe Somerset Levels have an area of about 160,000 acres (650 km 2) and are bisected by the Polden Hills; the areas to the south are drained by the River Parrett, and the areas to the north by the rivers Axe and Brue. The Mendip Hills separate the Somerset Levels from the North Somerset Levels.
Somerset Levels and Moors | Somerset Natural Beauty
WEBAt the heart of Somerset and giving the County its name, are the internationally important Levels and Moors. Among the lowest, flattest areas in the UK, they were once covered by sea apart from the curious mumps and mounds that rose above them as islands.
Levels & moors - Somerset Wildlife Trust
WEBThe Somerset Levels and Moors are one of Somerset's most protected landscapes for biodiversity: breeding wader populations; wintering waterfowl and waders; flower-rich wet grasslands; and rich invertebrate assemblages in rivers, ditches and rhynes.
Somerset Levels: Westonzoyland and Middlezoy (including map, …
WEBSomerset Levels: Westonzoyland and Middlezoy (including map, GPS files and statistics) A walk through the flat wetlands of the Somerset Levels. Google Maps Open Source Maps. Ordnance Survey Explorer Map (1:25,000) 140 Quantock Hills and Bridgwater.
BBC - Hands on Nature - Somerset Levels
WEBNov 15, 2005 · At the heart of Somerset, lies a beautiful area called the 'Levels and Moors' which has international status as one of the most important wetlands of its type in the world.
The Somerset Levels, Moors and Marshes
WEBThe Somerset levels and Moors is a fantastic place to come and see an abundance of wildlife. Explore the calendar on the Great Cane Project website to discover what’s out there and where and...
Somerset Levels - Somerset - Wild Guide to the South West
WEBThe Somerset Levels, a flat, low-lying wetland dominated by mysterious Glastonbury Tor, extends east from the Mendips to Taunton. This fertile landscape, criss-crossed by dykes known as ‘rhynes’, is rich in birdlife and ancient cider …
WEBJul 11, 2024 · A map of the Somerset Levels and Moors Ramsar surface water catchment. Catchment Area Update (2024) Natural England has undertaken a review of all the Nutrient Neutrality catchment areas.
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The Somerset Levels
WEBThe Somerset Levels is an area of wetland and coastal plain covering 650 square kilometres in central Somerset, between the Quantock and Mendip Hills.
Somerset Levels and Moors | Ramsar Sites Information Service
WEBSomerset Levels andMoors. 26/06/97; England; 6,388 ha; 51°10'N 002°52'W. National Nature Reserve, Special Protection Area EC Directive, SSSI. This inland wetland consists of wet grassland, peat bog, fen, and reedbed. It attracts rare invertebrates, particularly beetles, and internationally important numbers of wildfowl in winter.