Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
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Grid reference | TG 342 280 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 34.5 hectares (85 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
East Ruston Common is a 34.5-hectare (85-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of North Walsham om Norfolk. [1] [2]
This is an area of unimproved fen, heath and carr woodland in the valley of a tributary of the River Ant. it is the only known English locality for the rare spider, acanthophyma gowerensis, and it also has another nationally rare spider, hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. [3]
There is public access to the common.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Location | Norfolk |
---|---|
Grid reference | TG 342 280 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 34.5 hectares (85 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1986 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
East Ruston Common is a 34.5-hectare (85-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of North Walsham om Norfolk. [1] [2]
This is an area of unimproved fen, heath and carr woodland in the valley of a tributary of the River Ant. it is the only known English locality for the rare spider, acanthophyma gowerensis, and it also has another nationally rare spider, hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. [3]
There is public access to the common.