Whitmoor Common

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Whitmoor Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Whitmoor Common - geograph.org.uk - 696861.jpg
Location Surrey
Grid reference SU 984 536 [1]
InterestBiological
Area166.0 hectares (410 acres) [1]
Notification 1993 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Whitmoor Common is a 166-hectare (410-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the northern outskirts of Guildford in Surrey. [1] [2] It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area [3] and the 184.9-hectare (457-acre)Whitmoor and Rickford Commons Local Nature Reserve, [4] [5] which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. [6]

Contents

This site on the heath of the London Basin has a variety of heathland habitats, as well as areas of woodland, meadow and still and running water. The heath has a nationally scarce spider, Oxyopes heterophthalmus and beetle Hyperaspis pseudopustulata and there are nationally important populations of several bird species. [7]

The site is open to the public.

History

The common has had many fires including 21 June 2018, [8] 22 April 2019, and 12 August 2020. [9] [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Whitmoor Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Whitmoor Common". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Whitmoor and Rickford Commons". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. ↑ "Map of Whitmoor and Rickford Commons". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  6. ↑ "Whitmoor & Rickford Commons". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Whitmoor Common citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  8. ↑ McKeon, Christopher (21 June 2018). "Wildfire burns 30 acres of Whitmoor Common". SurreyLive. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. ↑ McCrum, Kirstie; Pengelly, Emma (12 August 2020). "In photos: Whitmoor Common blaze is third wildfire in week". SurreyLive. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "Firefighters Extinguish Blaze On Whitmoor Common". The Guildford Dragon. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2020.

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