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Chobham Common is a area of temperate lowland heath, a globally rare and threatened habitat due to rare soil type, in Surrey, England. Before the early 20th century it covered a larger area. In 1855, by enclosure, it became a freehold partly subject to common land restrictions awarded to Arthur Onslow, 3rd Earl of Onslow and Surrey County Council purchased the slightly reduced area comprising it from the 6th Earl in 1966. It is managed by Surrey Wildlife Trust for nature conservation and public recreation. Chobham Common is a national nature reserve, Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Chobham Commons or Heaths was a broad term applied to West End Common and Pirbright Common SSSI which has restricted access also in the borough of Surrey Heath, together with Chobham Common itself. ==Animals== * 26 species of mammal have been recorded on the site including the nationally rare water vole. * 116 species of bird have been recorded. The Common is a nationally important breeding area for European nightjar, woodlark and Dartford warbler. * 9 species of reptiles and amphibians have been recorded including the nationally rare sand lizard. * The Common is nationally important for its invertebrate fauna being the best site in the UK for spiders, hymenoptera (bees wasp and ants) and ladybirds - it is one of the last two sites on the mainland UK for the red barbed ant ''Formica rufibarbis''. * 23 species of dragonfly * 33 species of butterfly including large colonies of the rare silver studded blue have been recorded. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chobham Common」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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