| Sandlings Forest | |
| Aos: | Suffolk |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 2,483.8 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 2000 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Sandlings Forest is a 2,483.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in two large blocks, Rendlesham Forest and Tunstall Forest, and two small ones, between Woodbridge and Aldeburgh in Suffolk.[1] [2] It is partly in the Sandlings Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.[3] [4] It is in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[5]
These commercial coniferous plantations are designated an SSSI for their internationally important bird populations. Surveys in the 1990s found 81 singing nightjars, around 2% of the number in Britain, and 71 woodlarks, approximately 5% of the British population.[6]
There are public footpaths through the woods.