Tunstall Common

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|name= Tunstall Common

|aos= Suffolk

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|36.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1984

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Tunstall Common is a {{convert|36.6|ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Tunstall in Suffolk.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1001812&SiteName=tunstall&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Tunstall Common | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 14 June 2017}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271001812%27|title=Map of Tunstall Common|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 June 2017}} It is part of the Sandlings Special Protection Area under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds,{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/pdf/SPA/UK9020286.pdf |title=Special Protection Areas under the EC Birds Directive. Sandlings. |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 4 May 2017}}{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK9020286&SiteName=sandlings&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Sandlings | series= Special Protection Area|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 10 May 2017}} and the Suffolk Coast and Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.suffolkcoastandheaths.org/assets/AONB-Management-Plan-20132018.pdf|page=76|title=Suffolk Coast & Heaths Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2013–2018|publisher=Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB |accessdate= 6 August 2016}}

Most of this dry lowland heath is dominated by heather, with diverse lichens and mosses. There are also areas of acid grassland, which are being invaded by gorse and bracken. Pine scrub is encroaching from neighbouring plantations.{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001812.pdf |title=Tunstall Common citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 June 2017}}

There is access from Orford Road and footpaths, which run through the common.