Mellis Common

Mellis Common is a 59 hectare nature reserve in Mellis in Suffolk.

It is managed by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

[1] The common has changed little over hundreds of years, and is still managed by traditional methods of grazing and hay cutting.

Flora include green-winged orchid, sulphur clover and adder’s tongue fern, and owls hunt small mammals.

[1] There is access from Mellis Road.