| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Surrey |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 077 588 [1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 266.0 hectares (657 acres) [1] |
| Notification | 1986 [1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Woking in Surrey. [1] [2] It is also a Local Nature Reserve [3] [4] and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area. [5] It is part of the slightly larger area of 297-hectare (730-acre)Wisley & Ockham Commons & Chatley Heath nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. [6]
This site is mainly heathland but it also has areas of open water, bog, woodland and scrub. It has a rich flora and it is of national importance for true flies and for dragonflies and damselflies. Rare species include the white-faced darter dragonfly and the Thyridanthrax fenestratus bee fly. [7]
There is public access to the site.
