Red Lodge Heath
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Suffolk |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 697 700[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 20.8 hectares[1] |
| Notification | 2005[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Red Lodge Heath is a 20.8-hectare (51-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Red Lodge in Suffolk.[1][2]
Habitats on this site are chalk grassland, dry acid grassland, lichen heath, wet woodland and ponds. It has nationally important assemblages of rare plants and invertebrates, including a nationally important population of the nationally rare five-banded tailed digger wasp (Cerceris quinquefasciata), also commonly known as the Five-banded weevil-wasp.[3] It has several other invertebrate species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and plants include the nationally rare smooth rupturewort.[4]
There is access to the site from Turnpike Road.
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Red Lodge Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Map of Red Lodge Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ^ "Cerceris quinquefasciata". National Biodiversity Network Atlas. National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Red Lodge Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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