Fauna
Various rare molluscs and insects have been recorded. Butterflies on the Common include the Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, Silver-washed Fritillary Argynnis paphia and Purple Emperor Apatura iris.
The avifauna includes most of the species typical of broad-leaved woodland in southern England, such as Sparrowhawk Accipter nisus, Stock Dove Columba oenas, Tawny Owl Strix aluco, European Green Woodpecker Picus viridis, Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major, Garden Warbler Sylvia borin, Blackcap S. atricapilla, Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita, Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata, Marsh Tit Parus palustris, Nuthatch Sitta europaea, Treecreeper Certhia familiaris and Jay Garrulus glandarius.
Buzzards Buteo buteo regularly hunt over the tree canopy. Hobby Falco subbuteo, Woodcock Scolopax rusticola, Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapillus and Brambling Fringilla montifringilla are occasional visitors. Selborne Common is a reliable place to find the Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix.
Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus and Dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius are resident mammals.
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