DTE Home Counties: About our ranges
DTE Home Counties has various training areas. It covers some 10,500 hectares and includes heathland, chalk downland, light and dense woodland, and scrub. It plays host to all six species of indigenous reptiles and various rare plants.
Aldershot training area
There are many Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and Special Areas of Conservation in this area.
Ash ranges
The 800 hectares have 250 species of plants, 147 spiders, 18 butterflies, 96 moths, 116 birds, seven species of reptiles and amphibians, a herd of roe deer and foxes, badgers, rabbits and stoats.
Bramley training area
There are some interesting birds (including tawny owls and buzzards), invertebrates and fungi, as well as a deer herd.
Browndown training area
This includes a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Countryside Heritage Site.
Longmoor training area
This has several SSSIs and has many rare species.
Otmoor training area
The area is a haven for wildlife and wild plants and there is an RSPB bird sanctuary on its western boundary.
Pirbright ranges
Listed protected bird species seen here include nightjars, woodlarks, Dartford warblers and hobbies.