Dunster Park and Heathlands | |
Aos: | Somerset |
Interest: | Biological |
Coordinates: | 51.1865°N -3.4966°W |
Displaymap: | Somerset |
Area: | 466.6ha |
Enref: | 2000415 |
Dunster Park and Heathlands is a 466.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 2000.
This site is located in the north-east of the Exmoor National Park within a few miles of the Bristol Channel near the village of Dunster, and is notified for nationally important lowland dry heath, dry lowland acid grassland, wood-pasture with veteran trees and ancient semi-natural oak woodland habitats. The fauna of the lowland heath includes a nationally rare butterfly the heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia). The assemblage of beetles associated with the veteran trees is of national significance.[1]