Ellenden Wood

Ellenden Wood

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of Ellenden Wood.
Area of search	Kent
Grid reference	TR 101 624[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	90.6 hectares (224 acres)[1]
Notification date	1985[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Ellenden Wood is a 90.6-hectare (224-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Whitstable in Kent.^[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation^[4]

This wood has diverse flora with over 250 species of vascular plants and 300 of fungi. Insects include 3 species which are nationally rare, and there are mammals such as wood mice, dormice and two species of shrew.^[5]

Several public footpaths cross the site.

References

1. "Designated Sites View: Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
2. "Map of Ellenden Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
3. Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
4. "Designated Sites View: Blean Complex". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
5. "Ellenden Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 5 February 2018.

51°19′19″N 1°00′50″E / 51.322°N 1.014°E / 51.322; 1.014