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Encyclopedia > Weybridge heath

Weybridge Heath is a heath in Weybridge which used to contain many species of ants, rare birds and insectivorous plants.


During the 1970s and '80s the heathland fell into a poor state of because the surrounding brush was ill-maintained and coppicing (essential for the maintenance of small heaths) ceased. Gradually, the area became more and more overgrown with newly grown brush composed of the saplings of deciduous trees, and became to resemble more of a young wood. Because of the area's record of rare species of insect, plant and bird, the council embarked upon a project to renew the heathland and encourage the return of the area to its original habitat type, which is still ongoing. It consisted of the removal of a large number of taller trees from a central portion of the site, and the clearing of brush from this area, starting around the turn of the century. Evidence of the regrowth of heathland is not great to date (2003), and some local residents are sceptical about the apparent defacement of the area, dubbing the cleared area "the bomb site".


It was on the original heath in this location that brilliant British myrmecologist Horace Donisthorpe collected many of the ants from which he produced so many astute observations and deductions.


Weybridge Council hopes that this irreplaceable piece of entomological history will be returned to something approaching its former glory within a decade.


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Weybridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (530 words)
Weybridge is a town in the Elmbridge district of Surrey in South East England.
In Weybridge heath many rare species of insects (particularly ants), rare birds and insectivorous plant formerly occurred.
The laboratory is notable as being one of the principal test centres for the H5N1 virus, commonly known as Bird Flu.
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