Church Woods, Blean Explained

Church Woods, Blean
Aos:	Kent
Interest:	Biological
Area:	526.7ha
Notifydate:	2000
Map:	Magic Map

Church Woods, Blean is a 526.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Canterbury in Kent.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,^[3] a National Nature Reserve,^{[4] [5]} a Special Area of Conservation^[6] and part of it is a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds nature reserve.^[7]

This broadleaved coppice with standards wood has a diverse range of trees, a rich ground flora, a wide variety of birds and many uncommon invertebrates, including the nationally rare heath fritillary butterfly.^[8]

There is public access to the site and it is crossed by footpaths.

References

51.301°N 1.015°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Church Woods, Blean. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 31 January 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Church Woods, Blean. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 31 January 2018.
3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK. 45 . 1977. 0-521-21403-3 .

4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Blean Woods . National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 12 January 2018.
5. Web site: Kent's National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 2 August 2014. 23 January 2018.
6. Web site: Designated Sites View: Blean Complex . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 12 January 2018.
7. Web site: Blean Woods . Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 12 January 2018.
8. Web site: Church Woods, Blean citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 31 January 2018.