East Ruston Common

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East Ruston Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
View across the lake - geograph.org.uk - 785930.jpg
Location Norfolk
Grid reference TG 342 280 [1]
InterestBiological
Area34.5 hectares (85 acres) [1]
Notification 1986 [1]
Location map Magic Map

East Ruston Common is a 34.5-hectare (85-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of North Walsham om Norfolk. [1] [2]

This is an area of unimproved fen, heath and carr woodland in the valley of a tributary of the River Ant. it is the only known English locality for the rare spider, acanthophyma gowerensis , and it also has another nationally rare spider, hygrolycosa rubrofasciata . [3]

There is public access to the common.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: East Ruston Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of East Ruston Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "East Ruston Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 June 2018.

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