Street Heath

Street Heath (grid reference ST464394) is a 12.5 hectare (31.0 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest 4 km west of Glastonbury in Somerset, notified in 1966.

It possesses a vegetation consisting of wet and dry heath, species-rich bog and carr woodland, with transitions between all these habitats.

Old peat workings and rhynes have a wetland community which includes bulrush (Typha latifolia), yellow flag iris (pseudacorus), cyperus-like sedge (Carex pseudocyperus) and lesser bur-reed (Sparganium minimum).

Insects recorded include 33 species of butterflies, 200 moths and 12 grasshoppers and crickets, with several notable rarities.

Birds breeding in the carr woodland include the local willow tit[1]