Exmoor Heaths
Quick facts
- Natura 2000 site (code UK0030040)
- Under Habitats Directive
- Since March 1998
- Country: United Kingdom
- Administrative region: Dorset and Somerset (UKK2), Devon (UKK4)
- Surface area: 107 km2 (10670.30 ha)
- Marine area: 0%
- Located in Atlantic biogeographical region
- It protects 0 species of the Nature Directives
- It protects 7 habitat types of the Habitats Directive
Source and more information: Natura 2000 Standard Data Form
Habitat types
Habitat type code | Habitat type english name | Cover [ha] |
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1230 | Vegetated sea cliffs of the Atlantic and Baltic Coasts | 85.36 |
4010 | Northern Atlantic wet heaths with Erica tetralix | 3094.39 |
4030 | European dry heaths | 3254.44 |
7130 | Blanket bogs (* if active bog) | 234.75 |
7140 | Transition mires and quaking bogs | 0 |
7230 | Alkaline fens | 2.13 |
91A0 | Old sessile oak woods with Ilex and Blechnum in the British Isles | 32.01 |
Designation information
NATURA 2000 site under
Birds Directive 2009/147/EC (SPA) |
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Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC (SCI) |
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March 1998 |
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December 2004 |
Date designated as Special Area of Conservation (SAC) | April 2005 |
Date of Standard data form update | December 2015 |
Other resources
Natura 2000 map viewer | Interactive map designed for showing and querying Natura 2000 sites. Other information such as Nationally designated areas and LIFE projects are also available. |
Protected planet map viewer | Interactive map showing the World Database on Protected Areas |
European protected sites map viewer | Simple interactive map showing Natura 2000 sites and Nationally designated areas |
Data download | The Natura 2000 dataset is available from the European Environment Agency website |