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Biodiversity – is a term used to describe the variety of life on earth

Field Guides

You can purchase a Serpent Trail field guide from the Field Studies Council website.

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Bog bush cricket – Typically found in bogs and wet heathland.

Sundews – carnivorous plants that are specially adapted to live in wet, nutrient poor, acidic soils.

Sand lizard – A sand lizard can grow up to 25cm long!

Adder – one of our native reptiles

SNPR - Heathland

Map 4.2 Chalk grassland and lowland heathland distribution within the South Downs National Park | Maps prepared by: GeoSpec, University of Brighton; February 2012. | Source: Hampshire Biodiversity Information Centre and Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre, 2011 | Ordnance Survey Crown Copyright © Licence No. 100050083.

Figure 4.2 Heathland SSSI units in the National Park Source: Natural England (2012) England SSSI Unit Condition Assessments, Natural England. Analysis by Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

Heathland Species – badge templates

December 20th, 2019

A series of badge templates of heathland species which can be cut out and coloured in.

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South Downs National Park Authority
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Midhurst
West Sussex
GU29 9DH

t: 01730 814810
e: learning@southdowns.gov.uk

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