{{Short description|Nature reserve in Hampshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Pamber Forest. - on the way to Gravelpit Copse - geograph.org.uk - 63154.jpg |image_caption = Pamber Forest |name= Pamber Forest and Silchester Common |aos= Hampshire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall|SU 616 612}}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert|341.7|ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1994<ref name=dsv/> |map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002748%27 ''Magic Map''] }}
'''Pamber Forest and Silchester Common''' is a {{convert| 341.7|ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tadley in Hampshire.<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1002748&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Pamber Forest and Silchester Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 16 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002748%27|title=Map of Pamber Forest and Silchester Common|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 16 May 2020}}</ref> Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url= https://www.hiwwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/pamber-forest-and-upper-inhams-copse-nature-reserve |title= Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse|publisher= Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust |access-date= 28 April 2020}}</ref> Upper Inhams Copse was purchased by the Trust in 2001 and added to Pamber Forest.<ref name=":0" />
Pamber Forest is a Local Nature Reserve owned by the Englefield estate.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteLNRDetail.aspx?SiteCode=L1009062&SiteName=&countyCode=19&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title= Designated Sites View: Pamber Forest |series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England |access-date= 24 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse {{!}} Reserves and species |url=https://data.wildlifetrusts.org/reserves/pamber-forest |access-date=2023-10-17 |website=data.wildlifetrusts.org}}</ref> Pamber Forest has hazel coppice dominated by oak standards. At the southern end are plants associated with ancient woodland, such as orpine, wood horsetail, lily of the valley, wild daffodil and the rare mountain fern. The woodland has over forty nationally rare or uncommon species.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1002748.pdf |title=Pamber Forest and Silchester Common citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 16 May 2020}}</ref>
In 2025, 2 rare micro moths (Gelechia scotinella and Haplotinea insectell) were spotted there for the first time in Hampshire<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-07 |title=Rare miro-moth pair recorded in Hampshire for first time |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgr8935lxzo |access-date=2025-12-12 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>.
Silchester Common is a dry lowland heathlands where heather, bell Heather and gorse dominate.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pocock |first=Cheryl |url=https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/6287966d-ee46-425f-b936-7589c368972a/1/5_Pocock.pdf |title=A Guide and Trail to Silchester’s Environment & History |pages=8 |issn=1758-8022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category}} {{coord| 51.347|-1.117 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Hampshire}} {{Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust }} {{Local Nature Reserves in Hampshire}}
Category:Local nature reserves in Hampshire Category:Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire