Dew's Ponds Explained

Dew's Ponds
Aos:Suffolk
Interest:Biological
Area:6.7 hectares
Notifydate:2000
Map: Magic Map

Dew's Ponds is a 6.7hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) south of Halesworth in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is a Special Area of Conservation.[3] [4]

This site has a variety of types of grassland, hedges and ditches, on chalk overlain by boulder clay. However, it has been designated an SSSI primarily because it has twelve ponds with one of the largest breeding populations of great crested newts in Britain. There are also grass snakes, smooth newts and slowworms.[3] [5]

The site is private land with no public access.

References

52.293°N 1.502°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Dew's Ponds . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2017.
  2. Web site: Map of Dew's Ponds. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Dew's Ponds . Special Areas of Conservation . Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 4 May 2017.
  4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Dew's Ponds . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 10 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Dew's Ponds citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 14 May 2017. 4 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150504195748/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000434.pdf. dead.

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