Southey and Gotleigh Moors

Infobox SSSI


name=Southey and Gotleigh Moors
aos=Somerset and Devon
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST192110
area=81.3 hectare (200.1 acre)
notifydate=1988

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Southey and Gotleigh Moors (gbmapping|ST192110) is a 81.3 hectare (200.1 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the Blackdown Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.

Southey and Gotleigh Moors is a mosaic of valley mire, acid-marsh grassland and alder-birch carr. The diversity of the site is enhanced by the presence of the Bolham River and small areas of standing water which increase the amphibian and invertebrate interest. The nationally scarce leaf beetle ("Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata") has been found here. [cite web | title=Southey and Gotleigh Moors | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1002636.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-21]

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*cite web | title=Southey and Gotleigh Moors | work=UK Garden Designer | url=http://www.ukgardendesigner.com/en4.htm | accessdate=2006-08-21]