West Blean and Thornden Woods

West Blean and Thornden Woods is a 781-hectare (1,930-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Canterbury in Kent.[1][2] It is part of the Blean Woods Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3][4] and an area of 490 hectares (1,200 acres) is a nature reserve managed by the Kent Wildlife Trust,[5]

West Blean and Thornden Woods
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchKent
Grid referenceTR 152 633[1]
InterestBiological
Area781.0 hectares (1,930 acres)[1]
Notification1989[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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.[4]

There is access to the nature reserve but some areas are private land.

References
  1. "Designated Sites View: West Blean and Thornden Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. "Map of West Blean and Thornden Woods". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 45. ISBN 0521 21403 3.
  4. "West Blean and Thornden Woods citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  5. "West Blean and Thornden Woods". Kent Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 26 January 2018.

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