West Blean and Thornden Woods
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TR 152 633[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 781.0 hectares (1,930 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1989[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
West Blean and Thornden Woods is a 781-hectare (1,930-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Canterbury in Kent.[1][2] It is part of the Blean Woods Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3][4] and an area of 490 hectares (1,200 acres) is a nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust,[5]
These woods have more than fifty species of breeding birds, and the diverse invertebrate fauna include five nationally rare and thirteen nationally scarce species. There is also a population of the declining and protected hazel dormouse.[4]
There is access to the nature reserve but some areas are private land.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: West Blean and Thornden Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Map of West Blean and Thornden Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
- ^ a b "West Blean and Thornden Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "West Blean and Thornden Woods". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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