Ash to Brookwood Heaths explained

Ash to Brookwood Heaths
Aos:	Surrey
Interest:	Biological
Area:	1576.3ha
Notifydate:	1993
Map:	Magic Map

Ash to Brookwood Heaths is a 1576.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Guildford in Surrey.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[3] It is part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area^[4] and the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham Special Area of Conservation.^[5] An area of 1392ha is managed as a nature reserve by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[6]

This site has dry heathland, wet heath and bog. Large areas have been protected from development because they are army training ranges. The site is important for mosses and liverworts and there are nationally important populations of nightjars, woodlarks, Dartford warblers and hobbies.^[7]

References

51.277°N -0.687°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Ash to Brookwood Heaths . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 November 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Ash to Brookwood Heaths. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 November 2018.
3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 304–05 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521 21403 3 .

4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths . Special Protection Areas . Natural England. 2 November 2018.
5. Web site: Designated Sites View: the Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham . Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 2 November 2018.
6. Web site: Ash Ranges . Surrey Wildlife Trust . 12 November 2018.
7. Web site: Ash to Brookwood Heaths citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 November 2018.