Southey and Gotleigh Moors

Southey and Gotleigh Moors
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Area of Search Somerset and Devon
Grid reference ST192110
Coordinates 50°53′34″N 3°09′01″W / 50.89281°N 3.15020°W / 50.89281; -3.15020Coordinates: 50°53′34″N 3°09′01″W / 50.89281°N 3.15020°W / 50.89281; -3.15020
Interest Biological
Area 81.3 hectares (0.813 km2; 0.314 sq mi)
Notification 1998 (1998)
Natural England website

Southey and Gotleigh Moors (grid reference ST192110) is an 81.3 hectare (200.1 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.

Southey and Gotleigh Moors is a mosaic of valley mire, acid-marsh grassland and alder-birch carr. The diversity of the site is enhanced by the presence of the Bolham River and small areas of standing water which increase the amphibian and invertebrate interest. The nationally scarce leaf beetle (Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata) has been found here.[1]

References

  1. "Southey and Gotleigh Moors" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 2006-08-21.


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