Studland & Godlinston Heaths Status: Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) notified under
Section 28 of the Wildlife and
Countryside Act 1981, as amended. National Nature
Reserve (NNR)
declared under Section 19 of the National Parks and Access to the
Countryside Act 1949 - major part of site.
English
Nature Studland Quote:
"Area of outstanding importance for nature conservation"
Destruction of woodland at
'Old Man's Corner'
What you should be looking at above
are pictures of a ten foot wide 'hose access path' dog-legging its
way through the woods.
The actual area of
broadleaf woodland destroyed ended up about 50 x 100 yards.
Full story here
View over the
traditional nudist area to the destroyed woodland
How the clearing remains
Destruction of heather
In an attempt to force a vehicle track through
Deliberate destruction
of
a Sunbathing Hollow
National Trust
'Conservation'
The remains of a gorse
bush burned, deliberately, in a sunbathing hollow. When the fire was
burning well National Trust 'Conservators' threw broken glass bottles
into it in the hope of rendering the hollow uninhabitable. No effort was
made by the NT to clear up the mess. The clear up was undertaken by SUN
members.
Formerly thriving gorse
bushes
Early 2005 - Another large area of woodland is
destroyed
