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Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Berkshire
Interest	Biological
Area	85.8 hectares (212 acres)
Notification	1983
Location map	Magic Map

Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths is an 85.8-hectare (212-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the northern outskirts of Sandhurst in Berkshire. Part of the SSSI is Wildmoor Heath nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. and the SSSI is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.

Geography

Wildmoor Heath is situated on a slope and features wet and dry lowland heath and valley bog, plus pine and broadleaved woodland.

History

In 1975 the site was designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI). Wildmoor Heath nature reserve was formed in 1998 by combining land at Edgbarrow Woods, Owlsmoor Bog, and Wildmoor Bottom.

Fauna

The site has the following animals:

Mammals

• Red fox
• Roe deer
• Dexter cattle

Reptiles and amphibians

• Vipera berus
• Grass snake
• Anguis fragilis
• Viviparous lizard

Birds

• Common chiffchaff
• Great spotted woodpecker
• European green woodpecker
• European nightjar
• Common snipe
• European stonechat
• Willow warbler
• Dartford warbler
• Woodlark
• Eurasian bullfinch
• Eurasian hobby
• Common kingfisher

Invertebrates

Flora

The site has the following flora:

Trees

• Birch
• Pine
• Fraxinus
• Maple
• Quercus robur
• Malus sylvestris
• Sorbus torminalis

Plants

• Erica tetralix
• Molinia caerulea
• Drosera rotundifolia
• Drosera intermedia
• Rhynchospora alba
• Carex pulicaris
• Narthecium ossifragum
• Pinguicula vulgaris
• Calluna
• Eriophorum angustifolium
• Succisa pratensis
• Scutellaria minor
• Hypericum elodes
• Lychnis flos-cuculi
• Succisa pratensis