Pamber Forest and Silchester Common

{{Short description|Nature reserve}}

{{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}}

|area= {{convert|341.7|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1994

|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271002748%27 Magic Map]

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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.{{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}}{{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}} Pamber Forest and Upper Inhams Copse is managed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.{{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}} Upper Inhams Copse was purchased by the Trust in 2001 and added to Pamber Forest.

Pamber Forest is a Local Nature Reserve owned by the Englefield estate.{{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}}{{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}} 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.{{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}}

Silchester Common is a dry lowland heathlands where heather, bell Heather and gorse dominate.{{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}}