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Great Breach and Copley Woods

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Grid reference
  
ST500320

Area
  
65 ha

Notification
  
1972

Interest
  
Biological

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Great Breach and Copley Woods (grid reference ST500320) is a 64.8 hectare (160 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 1 km south of Compton Dundon and 5 km south-east of Street in Somerset, England, notified in 1972.

Map of Great Breach Wood, United Kingdom

This is a Nature Conservation Review Woodland Site, owned and managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust. The site consists of ancient and semi-natural broadleaved woodland. Two woodland types with a restricted distribution in Britain occur and the site supports a locally important invertebrate fauna. Additional interest lies in the fungi of which 470 species have been recorded. 29 resident breeding species of butterfly have been recorded. The notable Duke of Burgundy (Hamearis lucina) is of particular interest. Moths are well represented and include the nationally rare Ethmia terminella and Dystebenna stephensi. Three nationally rare species of Hoverfly: Cheilosia carbonaria, Xylota abiens and X. xanthocnema are also present.

References

Great Breach and Copley Woods Wikipedia


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