An area in Surrey noted for its 'Heathland, Sphagnum bogs and insects' and which was surveyed by Charles Rothschild himself. Rothschild was particularly interested in the site’s sundews (greater sundew Drosera anglica) and the European Sundew Moth whose larvae feed on the sundew. Although it still has an interesting flora and fauna (including nightjar and snipe) there has been some loss of the original heathland habitats, in line with losses of this type of habitat across lowland England. The Common is now designated a SSSI and SPA and is managed by the Horsell Common Preservation Society.
(Above) the original SPNR survey documents for Horsell Common
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