Dee Cliffs

Dee CliffsSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Merseyside

Location| Merseyside
Grid reference| SJ238832
Coordinates| 53°20′35″N 3°09′04″W﻿ / ﻿53.343°N 3.151°W﻿ / 53.343; -3.151
Interest| Geological
Area| 14.39 hectares, 35.55 acres (143,900 m2)
Notification| 1979 / 1983
Natural England website

Dee Cliffs (SSSI) is an area of cliffs on the eastern side of the Dee Estuary and to the west of Thurstaston on the Wirral Peninsula, England.

The area contains the best known example of clay cliff and bank habitat in Merseyside. The area also has some marl pits, which have a rich flora and fauna and an area of herb-rich neutral grassland.

## Gallery

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* Cliff face at Thurstaston

* Coastal erosion

* Boulder deposition

* Boulder clay at Thurstaston

## References

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* "Dee Cliffs citation sheet" (PDF). English Nature. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Merseyside

* Dee Cliffs
* Dee Estuary
* Dibbinsdale
* Hesketh Golf Links
* Heswall Dales
* Meols Meadows
* Mersey Narrows
* New Ferry
* North Wirral Foreshore
* Red Rocks
* Ribble Estuary
* Sefton Coast
* Stanley Bank Meadow
* The Dungeon
* Thurstaston Common

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