Tags: Site Of Special Scientific Interest.
The Tamar–Tavy Estuary is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) covering the tidal estuaries of the River Tamar and the River Tavy on the border between Cornwall and Devon in England UK. Part of the Tamar estuary also forms the Tamar Estuary Nature Reserve owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. The site was designated in 1991 for its biodiversity and varying habitats that support a large number of wader and wildfowl species as well as the special interest of its marine biology.
