Leith Hill SSSI is a biological

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

south-east of

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. The SSSI consists of four wooded areas surrounding Leith Hill. These woods support diverse breeding birds, including all three species of British woodpeckers. The invertebrate population is outstanding, with many nationally rare and uncommon species, such as the beetles '' Notolaemus unifasciatus'', which is found on dead wood, ''

Silvanus bidentatus ''Silvanus bidentatus'', known generally as the flat bark beetle or two-toothed grain beetle, is a species of silvanid flat bark beetle in the family Silvanidae. It is found in North America, Oceania Oceania (, , ) is a region, geographica ...

'', which feeds on fungus, and the water beetle '' Agabus melanarius''. There are two nationally rare moths.

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{{SSSIs Surrey Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Surrey