Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Yateley Common
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| Area of Search | Hampshire |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 922.7 hectares (2,280 acres) |
| Notification | 1993 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Castle Bottom to Yateley and Hawley Commons is a 922.7-hectare (2,280-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Fleet in Hampshire. It is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area for the conservation of wild birds and an area of 30.8 hectares (76 acres) is designated a National Nature Reserve called Castle Bottom.
This site of heathland and conifer plantation has an internationally important population of Dartford warbler and populations of two other protected birds, woodlark and nightjar. It also has an outstanding assemblage of dragonflies and damselflies, with 19 out of the 37 British species. Other invertebrates include the nationally rare conopid fly, Myopa fasciata.
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