Woolbeding and Pound Commons | |
Aos: | West Sussex |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 171.9ha |
Notifydate: | 1998 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Woolbeding and Pound Commons is a 171.9abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Midhurst in West Sussex.[1] [2]
The commons have areas of wet and dry heath, woodland, ponds and wet flushes. Invertebrates include a number of Red Data Book species, such as the bee Hylaeus gibbus, the Eumenes coarctatus and Psen bruxellensis wasps and the click-beetle Hylis olexai. The site also provides a habitat for three rare birds, woodlark, nightjar and Dartford warbler.[3]
The site is crossed by roads and footpaths.