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East Ruston Common
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Area of Search Norfolk
Interest Biological
Area 34.5 hectares (85 acres)
Notification 1986
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East Ruston Common is a 34.5-hectare (85-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of North Walsham om Norfolk.

This is an area of unimproved fen, heath and carr woodland in the valley of a tributary of the River Ant. it is the only known English locality for the rare spider, acanthophyma gowerensis, and it also has another nationally rare spider, hygrolycosa rubrofasciata.

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