Dunster Park and Heathlands

Dunster Park and Heathlands
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Somerset
Location	Somerset
Grid reference	SS955441
Coordinates	51°11′12″N 3°29′48″W / 51.18654°N 3.49663°W / 51.18654; -3.49663
Interest	Biological
Area	466.6 hectares (4.666 km²; 1.802 sq mi)
Notification	2000 (2000)
Natural England website

Dunster Park and Heathlands (grid reference SS955441) is a 466.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 2000.

This site is located in the northeast of Exmoor National Park, within a few miles of the Bristol Channel near the village of Dunster. It is designated for its nationally important lowland dry heath, dry lowland acid grassland, wood-pasture with veteran trees and ancient semi-natural oak woodland habitats. The fauna of the lowland heath includes a nationally rare butterfly, the heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia). The assemblage of beetles associated with the veteran trees is of national significance.^[1]

References

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^ "Dunster Park and Heathlands" (PDF). English Nature. Retrieved 12 August 2006.

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