West Blean and Thornden Woods facts for kids
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Kent |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 781.0 hectares (1,930 acres) |
| Notification | 1989 |
| 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. It is part of the Blean Woods Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I. and an area of 490 hectares (1,200 acres) is a nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust,
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.
There is access to the nature reserve but some areas are private land.
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