Current view: Text account
Site description (2007 baseline):
Site location and context
The IBA contains several widely separated fragments of what was once an almost continuous block of heathland in the Thames basin. It includes much of the remaining heathland and mire in Surrey, north-east Hampshire and south Berkshire. The habitat mosaics comprise acidic grassland and heathland, and areas of invasive
Ulex,
Betula,
Quercus and
Pinus sylvestris. The IBA holds important breeding populations of specialist heathland birds.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2025) Important Bird Area factsheet: Thames Basin Heaths (United Kingdom). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/thames-basin-heaths-iba-united-kingdom on 06/01/2025.
