Mottisfont Bats

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Mottisfont Bats
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Area of Search Hampshire
Grid reference SU 313 280 [1]
InterestBiological
Area196.7 hectares (486 acres) [1]
Notification 2003 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Mottisfont Bats is a 196.7-hectare (486-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Winchester in Hampshire. [1] [2] It is also a Special Area of Conservation. [3]

The site consists of woods around Mottisfont, which supports a population of the Barbastelle bat which is considered by Natural England to be of national importance. The site is used by the Barbastelles for breeding, roosting, commuting and feeding. It is the only known maternity roost in Hampshire and one of only six known sites in the United Kingdom as of 2002. Eight other bat species have been recorded at Mottisfont: Whiskered, Brown long-eared, Common and Soprano Pipistrelles, Serotine, Noctule, Daubenton's and Natterer's. Mottisfont contains a mix of woodland types including hazel coppice with standards, broadleaved plantation and coniferous plantation. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Mottisfont Bats". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Map of Mottisfont Bats". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. "Designated Sites View: Mottisfont Bats". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  4. "Mottisfont Bats citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

Coordinates: 51°03′05″N1°33′12″W / 51.05139°N 1.55341°W / 51.05139; -1.55341