Sheepleas

Sheepleas
Site of Special Scientific Interest
	Cowslip Meadow
Location	Surrey
Grid reference	TQ 089 516
Interest	Biological; Geological
Area	99.9 hectares (247 acres)
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Sheepleas is a 99.9-hectare (247-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Guildford in Surrey.^[1]^[2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site^[3] and a Local Nature Reserve.^[4]^[5] It is owned by Surrey County Council and managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust.^[6]

History

The sheepleas was a long-standing area sheep grazing area^[6] ('lēah' being an Old English term for pasture).^[7] In 1915, it was included as one of 284 nature reserves on the Rothschild List.^[8] Part of the sheepleas Surrey County Council bought in 1936 and a further area in the 1950s.^[9]

Geography

This sloping site on the North Downs has woodland, scrub and botanically rich grassland. The diverse invertebrate fauna includes two nationally rare flies, Norellia spinipes and Microdon devius. A cutting in Mountain Wood exposes a unique gravel Pleistocene deposit which throws light on the Quaternary history of the Weald and the evolution of the London Basin.^[10]

The site is open to the public.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "Map of Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ "Mountain Wood (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
^ "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Map of Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Sheepleas". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
^ "Definition of LEA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "The Rothschild List: 1915-2015 A review 100 years on" (PDF). The Wildlife Trusts. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^ "Sheepleas; Visitor Guide and Self-guided Trails" (PDF). data.wildlifetrusts.org. Surrey County Council.
^ "Sheepleas citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

51°15′11″N 0°26′28″W / 51.253°N 0.441°W / 51.253; -0.441

[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[map-2] "Map of Sheepleas". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[3] "Mountain Wood (Quaternary of South-East England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 28 October 2018.

[4] "Designated Sites View: Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

[5] "Map of Sheepleas". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[:0-6] "Sheepleas". Surrey Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 14 November 2018.

[7] "Definition of LEA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[8] "The Rothschild List: 1915-2015 A review 100 years on" (PDF). The Wildlife Trusts. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[9] "Sheepleas; Visitor Guide and Self-guided Trails" (PDF). data.wildlifetrusts.org. Surrey County Council.

[10] "Sheepleas citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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Sheepleas

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