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Site description (2007 baseline):

A narrow estuary extending south-eastwards from the town of Woodbridge for a distance of over 12 km, reaching the sea just to the north of the town of Felixstowe. Extensive intertidal mudflats support an important invertebrate communityand wintering wildfowl and waders.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Deben Estuary (United Kingdom). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/deben-estuary-iba-united-kingdom on 24/12/2024.