Woolbeding and Pound Commons is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest north of
Midhurst
Midhurst () is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother inland from the English Channel, and north of the county town of Chichester.
The name Midhurst was first recorded in 1186 as ''Middeh ...
in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
.
The commons have areas of wet and dry heath, woodland, ponds and wet flushes. Invertebrates include a number of
Red Data Book
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biolog ...
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
The woodlark or wood lark (''Lullula arborea'') is the only extant species in the lark genus ''Lullula''. It is found across most of Europe, the Middle East, western Asia and the mountains of north Africa. It is mainly resident (non- migratory) ...
,
nightjar and
Dartford warbler
The Dartford warbler (''Curruca undata'') is a typical warbler from the warmer parts of western Europe and northwestern Africa. It is a small warbler with a long thin tail and a thin pointed bill. The adult male has grey-brown upperparts and is ...
.
The site is crossed by roads and footpaths.
References
External links
{{SSSIs West Sussex
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex