Ockham and Wisley Commons

Ockham and Wisley Commons
Notification		1986^[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Ockham and Wisley Commons is a 266-hectare (660-acre) biological

Local Nature Reserve^[3]^[4] and part of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.^[5] It is part of the slightly larger area of 297-hectare (730-acre) Wisley & Ockham Commons & Chatley Heath nature reserve, which is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[6]

This site is mainly heathland but it also has areas of open water, bog, woodland and scrub. It has a rich flora and it is of national importance for

true flies and for dragonflies and damselflies. Rare species include the white-faced darter dragonfly and the Thyridanthrax fenestratus bee fly.^[7]

There is public access to the site.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Designated Sites View: Ockham and Wisley Commons". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Map of Ockham and Wisley Commons". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Designated Sites View: Ockham and Wisley". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Map of Ockham and Wisley". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Designated Sites View: Thames Basin Heaths". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
^ "Wisley & Ockham Commons & Chatley Heath". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Ockham and Wisley Commons citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

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Epsom and Ewell	Epsom Common Hogsmill Horton Country Park
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Mole Valley	Ashtead Park Edolph's Copse Inholms Clay Pit River Mole
Reigate and Banstead	Earlswood Common Reigate Heath
Runnymede	Chertsey Meads Riverside Walk, Virginia Water
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Tandridge	Blanchman's Farm Blindley Heath Centenary Fields Hill Park, Tatsfield Lingfield Wildlife Area Nore Hill Pinnacle Staffhurst Wood, Lingfield
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