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Making Space For Nature
The Surrey Hills is home to some wonderful species. In partnership with our land owners and managers and environmental experts we have come up with a selection of species that if you are lucky you might see out and about in the Surrey Hills. These species will only thrive if we work together to keep their habitats managed and healthy.
Watch our Making Space for Nature film, celebrating in 2022 the 150-year birthday of composer of the Lark Ascending, Ralph Vaughan Williams and our mosaic of habitats in the Surrey Hills.
This video was created in partnership with the National Trust.
Our 7 habitats
Discover some Surrey Hills indicator species
Water vole
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Kingfisher
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Dragonflies / damselflies
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Great-crested newt
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Barn owl
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Turtle dove
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Brown hairstreak
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Hazel dormouse
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Small Copper
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Skylark
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Bumblebees
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Lapwing
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Common Fumitory
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Corn Spurrey
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Grey partridge
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Yellowhammer
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Harvest Mouse
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Salad burnet
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Bee Orchid
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Horseshoe vetch
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Small Blue
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Cross-leaved Heath
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Nightjar
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Grayling
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Dartford Warbler
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Marsh Tit
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Silver-washed Fritillary
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Barbastelle Bat
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Purple Emperor
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Nightingale
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Our Species Artwork
These illustrations are by an artist taking part in a programme delivered by Watts Gallery Trust and funded by the Michael Varah Memorial Fund. This series of 30 Surrey Hills Indicator Species were commissioned by Surrey Hills Society and funded by Surrey Hills Trust Fund as part of the Making Space for Nature Exhibition.