Red Lodge Heath

Red Lodge Heath is a 20.8 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Red Lodge in Suffolk.[1][2]

Red Lodge Heath
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of SearchSuffolk
Grid referenceTL 697 700[1]
InterestBiological
Area20.8 hectares[1]
Notification2005[1]
Location mapMagic Map

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
  1. "Designated Sites View: Red Lodge Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Map of Red Lodge Heath". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "Cerceris quinquefasciata". National Biodiversity Network Atlas. National Biodiversity Network. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
  4. "Red Lodge Heath citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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