Ranmore Common SSSI explained

Ranmore Common
Aos:Surrey
Interest:Biological
Area:224.3ha
Notifydate:1986
Map: Magic Map

Ranmore Common SSSI is a 224.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Ranmore Common, north-west of Dorking in Surrey.[1] [2]

This site is mainly woodland, some of it ancient, but there are also areas of heath and rough pasture. The dominant trees are pedunculate and sessile oaks, with a shrub layer of holly, silver birch and yew. There is a diverse community of breeding birds and invertebrates include the satin wave moth and the white admiral butterfly.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Ranmore Common . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Ranmore Common. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.
  3. Web site: Ranmore Common citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 16 November 2018.