Animals
- 26 species of mammal have been recorded on the site including the nationally rare Water Vole.
- 116 species of bird have been recorded. The Common is a nationally important breeding area for European Nightjar, Woodlark and Dartford Warbler.
- 9 species of reptiles and amphibians have been recorded including the nationally rare Sand Lizard.
- The Common is nationally important for its invertebrate fauna being the best site in the UK for spiders, hymenoptera (bees wasp and ants) and ladybirds - it is one of the last two sites on the mainland UK for the Red barbed ant Formica rufibarbis.
- 23 species of dragonfly
- 33 species of butterfly including large colonies of the rare Silver Studded Blue have been recorded.
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