Hook Common and Bartley Heath explained

Hook Common and Bartley Heath
Aos:Hampshire
Interest:Biological
Area:129.4ha
Notifydate:1991
Map: Magic Map

Hook Common and Bartley Heath is a 129.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of Hook in Hampshire, England.[1] [2] It is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.[3]

This site is of particular interest because of its extensive areas of wet heath, which rarely survives in the Thames Basin. There are also areas of dry heath and oak and birch woodland. There is a rich invertebrate assemblage, including the Red Data Book moths Stenoptila graphodactyla and Idaea dilutaria, and the hoverfly Microdon mutabilis.[4]

References

51.274°N -0.965°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Hook Common and Bartley Heath . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Hook Common and Bartley Heath. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 May 2020.
  3. Web site: Hook Common and Bartley Heath . Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust . 24 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Hook Common and Bartley Heath citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 12 May 2020.

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