page_title: Thursley Common
section_title: Wildlife
hierarchical_section_title: Thursley Common / Wildlife
caption_attribution_description: English: A Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) on a boardwalk at Thursley Common, Surrey.
context_page_description: Thursley Common is a National nature reserve in Surrey, England, and has also been designated as a Ramsar wetland. It is also part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest called Thursley, Hankley and Frensham Commons.
context_section_description: Thursley Common is one of the last remaining heathlands in Surrey. It is famed for its diverse wildlife. Whilst crossbill, red kite,  woodlark and stonechat are regularly seen, birds such as Dartford warbler, whinchat, wheatear, tree pipit and redstart are frequently encountered. Rarer birds including osprey, black redstart and great grey shrike also visit the common. There are nationally important breeding populations of nightjar and wood lark. The wetlands support several rare invertebrates, twenty species of dragonfly and damselfly have been recorded here, and there are six species of native reptile in the reserve.
caption: Common Lizard on one of the boardwalks
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