Ash to Brookwood Heaths is a 1,576.3-hectare (3,895-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Guildford in Surrey.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3] It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area[4] and the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham Special Area of Conservation.[5] An area of 1,392 hectares (3,440 acres) is managed as a nature reserve by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.[6]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Surrey |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 917 539[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 1,576.3 hectares (3,895 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1993[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
This site has dry heathland, wet heath and bog. Large areas have been protected from development because they are army training ranges (part of the land area designated as Ash to Brookwood Heaths SSSI is owned by the Ministry of Defence[7]). The site is important for mosses and liverworts and there are nationally important populations of nightjars, woodlarks, Dartford warblers and hobbies.[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Ash to Brookwood Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Map of Ash to Brookwood Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 304–05. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Ash Ranges". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Mapping the habitats of England's ten largest institutional landowners". Who owns England?. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ "Ash to Brookwood Heaths citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
