Woolbeding and Pound Commons

Woolbeding and Pound Commons is a 171.9-hectare (425-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Midhurst in West Sussex.^[1][2]

Woolbeding and Pound Commons

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	West Sussex
Grid reference	SU 868 255[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	171.9 hectares (425 acres)[1]
Notification	1998[1]
Location map	Magic Map

The commons have areas of wet and dry heath, woodland, ponds and wet flushes. Invertebrates include a number of Red Data Book species, such as the bee Hylaeus gibbus, the Eumenes coarctatus and Psen bruxellensis wasps and the click-beetle Hylis olexai. The site also provides a habitat for three rare birds, woodlark, nightjar and Dartford warbler.^[3]

The site is crossed by roads and footpaths.