Red Lodge Heath

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|name= Red Lodge Heath

|aos= Suffolk

|interest=Biological

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|area= 20.8 hectares

|notifydate= 2005

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Red Lodge Heath is a {{convert|20.8|hectare|acre|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Red Lodge in Suffolk.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000481&SiteName=lodge&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Red Lodge Heath | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 11 June 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000481%27|title=Map of Red Lodge Heath|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 11 June 2017}}

Habitats on this site are chalk grassland, dry acid grassland, lichen heath, wet woodland and ponds. It has nationally important assemblages of rare plants and invertebrates, including a nationally important population of the nationally rare five-banded tailed digger wasp (Cerceris quinquefasciata), also commonly known as the Five-banded weevil-wasp.{{cite web |title=Cerceris quinquefasciata |url=https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NHMSYS0000875632#names |website=National Biodiversity Network Atlas |publisher=National Biodiversity Network|access-date=June 22, 2020}} It has several other invertebrate species on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and plants include the nationally rare smooth rupturewort.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/2000481.pdf |title=Red Lodge Heath citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 22 June 2020}}

There is access to the site from Turnpike Road.