Sheepleas
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Cowslip Meadow | |
| Location | Surrey |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 089 516[1] |
| Interest | Biological Geological |
| Area | 99.9 hectares (247 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1986[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Sheepleas is a 99.9-hectare (247-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Guildford in Surrey.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and a Local Nature Reserve.[4][5] It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.[6]
This sloping site on the North Downs has woodland, scrub and botanically rich grassland. The diverse invertebrate fauna includes two nationally rare flies, Norellia spinipes and Microdon devius. A cutting in Mountain Wood exposes a unique gravel Pleistocene deposit which throws light on the Quaternary history of the Weald and the evolution of the London Basin.[7]
The site is open to the public.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Map of Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Mountain Wood (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Map of Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Sheepleas". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Sheepleas citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
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