Editing Solway Firth (section)

==Wildlife==
There are over {{convert|290|km2|sqmi}} of [[Site of Special Scientific Interest|Sites of Special Scientific Interest]] (SSSIs) in the area of the firth (one of which is [[Salta Moss]]), as well as [[national nature reserve (United Kingdom)|national nature reserves]] — at [[Caerlaverock NNR|Caerlaverock]] and in [[Cumbria]].<ref>
[http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/nnr/1006134.aspx "South Solway Mosses NNR"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111095111/http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ourwork/conservation/designatedareas/nnr/1006134.aspx |date=11 January 2011 }}, Natural England</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Natural England – Salta Moss SSSI|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000469.pdf|access-date=14 January 2015|archive-date=28 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028091030/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1000469.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the Cumbrian side, much of the coastline has been designated an [[Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] (AONB). The [[Solway Coast]]’s AONB has two separate sections: the first runs westward from just north of [[Carlisle, Cumbria|Carlisle]] to [[Skinburness]]; the second runs south from the hamlet of [[Beckfoot]], past [[Mawbray]] and [[Allonby]], to [[Crosscanonby]].

In 2013, the [[honeycomb worm]] and [[blue mussel]] were designated as targets of conservation efforts, and [[Allonby Bay]] (an inlet of the Solway Firth) was put forward as a candidate for a [[Marine Conservation Zone]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Irishsea.org – Allonby Bay rMCZ|url=http://www.irishsea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rMCZ-Allonby-Bay.pdf|access-date=14 January 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150114213115/http://www.irishsea.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rMCZ-Allonby-Bay.pdf|archive-date=14 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Wildlife Trusts – Allonby Bay|url=http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/allonby_bay.pdf|access-date=14 January 2015}}</ref>