Blackmill Woodlands
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
  Location within Wales | |
| Location | Mid and South Glamorgan |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SS9296485912 |
| Coordinates | 51°33′43″N 3°32′44″W / 51.561896°N 3.5455063°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 70.56 ha |
| Notification | 1 January 1972 |
Blackmill Woodlands is woodland which is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation near Blackmill in Bridgend County Borough, south Wales, formerly it was in Glamorgan.
Blackmill Woodlands with an area of 431.24 hectares (1,065.6 acres)[1] is an old sessile oak woods, one of the most southerly of this woodland type in Wales. It is a relatively dry site and this means that the ground flora is limited however, the main habitat combination of the oak canopy and ground flora typical of acid soils such as bilberry and wavy hair-grass alongside a moderate cover of ferns and bryophytes is present. The long history of human use can be seen in the distinctively gnarly look that many of the trees have.[2]
Wildlife
Blackmill Woodlands is a site surveyed undert the British Trust for Ornithology's Breeding Bird Survey and has many species typical of western Britain's sessile oak dominated woodlands such as pied flycatcher, wood warbler and common redstart[3]