General site character
Dry grassland, Steppes (10%)
Improved grassland (50%)
Broad-leaved deciduous woodland (5%)
Other land (including Towns, Villages, Roads, Waste places, Mines, Industrial sites) (35%)
Species that are a primary reason for selection of this site
Bechstein`s bat Myotis bechsteini
This complex of abandoned mines in southwest England is regularly used as a hibernation site by small numbers of Bechstein’s bat Myotis bechsteinii as well as an important assemblage of other bat species.
Species present as a qualifying feature, but not a primary reason for site selection
Lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros
Greater horseshoe bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum