Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common

Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Essex
Grid reference	TL774067 ; TL778060
Interest	Biological
Area	93.2 hectares
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Last updated March 14, 2019

Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common is a 93.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Danbury in Essex. It is owned by the National Trust and the local planning authority is Chelmsford District Council.^[1]^[2]

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserves, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I".

Danbury is a village in the City of Chelmsford, in the county of Essex, England. It is located 33.5 miles (53.9 km) northeast of Charing Cross, London and has a population of 6,500. It is situated on a hill 367 feet (112 m) above sea level.

Essex is a county in the south-east of England, north-east of London. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and London to the south-west. The county town is Chelmsford, the only city in the county. For government statistical purposes Essex is placed in the East of England region.

The soils on this site are glacial sands and gravels over London clay, resulting in a mixture of woodland, heath and bog habitats. Blake's Wood is ancient woodland on a sloping site, with valleys and streams. The main trees are oak, together with other species such as hornbeam and sweet chestnut. There is a wide variety of birds, such as hawfinches and nightingales, and the underlayer is dominated by bluebells and primroses. The heath is being invaded by trees and bracken. Acid grassland is dominated by red fescue, and there are two rare moths, Deltote bankiana and Elaphria venustula.^[1]^[3]

Deltote bankiana, the silver barred, is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Palearctic.

The rosy marbled is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the north. In the east, the range extends through Asia to the Pacific Ocean.

There is access from Riffhams Chase, which separates the two parts of the site, with the wood to the north and the common to the south.^[2]

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References

1 2 "Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
1 2 "Map of Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ "Danbury Commons and Blakes Wood". National Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

Coordinates: 51°43′53″N0°33′55″E / 51.731438°N 0.565309°E / 51.731438; 0.565309

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[citation-1] 1 2 "Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[map-2] 1 2 "Map of Blake's Wood & Lingwood Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[3] "Danbury Commons and Blakes Wood". National Trust. Retrieved 30 October 2015.