Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands

Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Somerset
Area of Search	Somerset
Grid reference	ST270210
Coordinates	50°59′01″N 3°02′29″W / 50.9837°N 3.0413°W / 50.9837; -3.0413Coordinates: 50°59′01″N 3°02′29″W / 50.9837°N 3.0413°W / 50.9837; -3.0413
Interest	Biological
Area	26.7 hectares (0.267 km²; 0.103 sq mi)
Notification	1963 (1963)
Natural England website

Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands (grid reference ST270210) is a 26.7 hectare (65.8 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Stoke St Mary in Somerset, notified in 1963.

Thurlbear Wood is a species-rich woodland, formerly managed in a traditional coppice-with-standards system and situated on soils derived from Rhaetic shales and limestones. It is managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. The recorded history of the site, its Medieval embankments and the presence of several plants normally confined to primary woods, all suggest that Thurlbear is of considerable antiquity. The woodland has been used for educational and research work for more than 30 years. The 'quarrylands' are an area of calcareous grassland, and scrub occupying 19th-century workings in Lias limestone. Over 80 species of flowering plant occur. There is an outstanding butterfly fauna, with 29 species recorded. Breeding birds associated with the site include buzzard (Buteo buteo), nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), and grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia).^[1]

References

↑ "Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2006-08-21.

External links

"Thurlbear Wood". Somerset Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2006-08-21.

Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
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Neighbouring areas Avon Devon Dorset Wiltshire

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