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'''Pagham Harbour''' is a {{convert| 629 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} biological and geological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] on the western outskirts of [[Bognor Regis]] in [[West Sussex]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000620&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 May 2019}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000620%27 |title=Map of Pagham Harbour|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 6 May 2019}}</ref> It is a [[Geological Conservation Review]] site,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=1851 |title= Pagham Harbour (Coastal Geomorphology of England) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|access-date= 6 April 2019}}</ref> a [[Nature Conservation Review]] site,<ref name=dsv/> a [[Ramsar site]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK11052&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour | series= Ramsar Site|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 April 2019}}</ref> a [[Special Protection Area]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9012041&SiteName=&countyCode=46&responsiblePerson=&unitId=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Pagham Harbour | series= Special Protection Areas |publisher=Natural England|access-date = 6 April 2019}}</ref> and a [[Marine Conservation Zone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/4680895541805056?category=1721481|type=PDF|publisher=Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs November 2013|title=Pagham Harbour Marine Conservation Zone|access-date=13 October 2018}}</ref> An area of {{convert|599.1|ha|acre|abbr=off}} is a [[Local Nature Reserve]].<ref>{{cite web|url=httphttps://www.lnrdesignatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SpecialPDFsForWeb/lnrCitation/lnr_details1000620.asp?C=0&N=pagham&ID=325pdf |title= Pagham Harbour|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009061%27|title=Map of Pagham Harbour|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England}}</ref>
 
The harbour forms an area of saltmarsh and shallow lagoons. It is not an [[estuary]], as no major streams enter the harbour with the only freshwater inflow a few small streams draining surrounding fields.<ref name="Changes of Pagham Harbour">{{cite web|title=Changes of Pagham Harbour|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/researchprojects/coastview/Estuaries/pagham-slides.htm|publisher=University of Sussex|access-date=3 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Shrubb2003">{{cite book|author=Michael Shrubb|title=Birds, Scythes and Combines: A History of Birds and Agricultural Change|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eeJsuTiGIbkC&pg=PA148|date=24 July 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81463-8|pages=148–9}}</ref>