Ash to Brookwood Heaths
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSurrey
Grid referenceSU 917 539[1]
InterestBiological
Area1,576.3 hectares (3,895 acres)[1]
Notification1993[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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]

This site has dry heathland, wet heath and bog. Large areas have been protected from development because they are army training ranges. The site is important for mosses and liverworts and there are nationally important populations of nightjars, woodlarks, Dartford warblers and hobbies.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Ash to Brookwood Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Ash to Brookwood Heaths". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 304–05. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. ^ "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Designated Sites View: the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Ash Ranges". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Ash to Brookwood Heaths citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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