Lewes Brooks is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest south of
Lewes in
East Sussex.
The
Falmer-
Glynde
Glynde is a village and civil parish in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom. It is located two miles (5 km) east of Lewes.OS Explorer map Eastbourne and Beachy Head Scale: 1:25 000. Publisher:Ordnance Survey – Southampton ...
and the
Ouse valleys meet in Lewes Brooks, and the Upper and Lower Rises are the remains of the chalk uplands eroded by the Ouse.
This site is on the flood plain of the River Ouse, and has fields separated by ditches. Variations in salinity from brackish to spring-fed, together with periodic clearing of ditches, produce a variety of habitats. The site is home to a diverse array of invertebrate fauna, especially
water beetles. There are also rare
snails,
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
and
moths.
References
{{SSSIs East Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in East Sussex