Wareham Common - West

Site Name	Wareham Common - West
Protection	Open Access Site of Scientific Interest
Interest	5
County	Dorset
More Information
SSSI	https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1005800…
Site Projects	Wareham Wanders 2022

Wareham Common - West

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Wareham Common - West

50.69093, -2.12319

Open Access, Site of Scientific Interest

These are the habitat types that MAY be present on the site based on the species recorded there (top 10 only shown):

Phase 1 Habitat Types	Description	No of Species
F2	Water Margin & Inundation Vegetation	20
D1	Dwarf Shrub Heath	17
J1	Cultivated/disturbed land	17
E3	Fen and carr	16
A1.1	Broad-leaf Woodland	15
E2	Flush and Spring	15
B3	Calcareous Grassland	14
H6	Sand Dunes	13
A2	Scrub	12
A1.3	Mixed Woodland	11

These are the number of species for NVC codes on the site - it DOES NOT mean that the NVC community is actually present on the site: it might be! (Top 10 only shown):

NVC Community	Description	No of Species
M23	Juncus effusus - Galium palustre [Soft Rush/Marsh Bedstraw] rush pasture	27
W07	Alnus - Fraxinus - Lysimachia nemorum [Alder/Ash/Yellow Pimpernel] woodland	23
MG05	Cynosurus cristatus - Centaurea nigra [Crested Dogs-tail/Black knapweed] grassland	21
M27	Filipendula ulmaria - Angelica sylvestris [Meadowsweet/Wild Angelica] mire	20
W08	Fraxinus excelsior - Acer campestre - Mercurialis perennis [Ash/Field Maple/Dog's Mercury] woodland	20
W09	Fraxinus excelsior - Sorbus aucuparia - Mercurialis perennis [Ash/Rowan/Dog's Mercury] woodland	20
MG01	Arrhenatherum elatius [False Oat-grass] grassland	20
W10	Quercus robur - Pteridium aquilinum - Rubus fruticosus [Pedunculate Oak/Bracken/Bramble] woodland	20
M24	Molinia caerulea - Cirsium dissectum [Purple Moor Grass/Meadow Thistle] fen meadow	19
M25	Molinia caerulea - Potentilla erecta [Purple Moor Grass/Tormentil] mire	18

Site Notables

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Tubular Water-dropwort

Water-plantain

Whorled Caraway

Site Diary

Project:
Diary Date Sort descending	Notes	Click for records and photos
24-06-18	There is no additional information about this visit
21-04-19	There is no additional information for this visit	view
12-05-19	.]There is no additional information about this visit	view
01-06-19	There is no additional information about this visit	view
28-07-20	Sunny today but that chilly, brisk breeze will not go away: Our walk along the river started from the 'hospital' car park today The resident swan couple have four lovely signets about half grown now Various willowherb species undoubtedly flowers of the day	view
14-08-20	Some respite from the heat today so a short walk on Wareham Common The nationally scarce whorled caraway in flower and in good numbers Good to see the north SSSI has not been cut as a dry hay meadow this year and that the later flowering damp meadow flowers are prospering There seem to have been much less grazing of the north SSSI this year too	view

The number of species recorded per species group:

Title	No of Species Recorded
Flowering Plants	211
Insects & other inverts	118
Birds	40
Non-flowering Plants	6
Fungi & Lichen	4
Mammals	3
Reptiles & Amphibians	2
Molluscs	2