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]