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 Search	Kent
Grid reference	TR 152 633[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	781.0 hectares (1,930 acres)[1]
Notification	1989[1]
Location map	Magic 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.