DTE South West: About our ranges
The total area of DTE South West is about 18,220 hectares.Dartmoor training area
Much of Dartmoor National Park’s moorland is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), with the UK’s richest collection of prehistoric remains. Birds include kestrels, buzzards, peregrine falcons and ravens. Fish include brown trout, sea trout and salmon.
Penhale Camp and Bodmin Moor training area
This contains the highest dunes in Britain. Perran Sands is an SSSI and a Special Area of Conservation (SAC). The dunes have four very rare plant species; protected insects and molluscs; 19 rare species of mosses and lichens; and 134 butterflies and moths.
Tregantle Fort and Antony training area
This peninsula combines coast, estuary and countryside. Rame Head and Whitsand Bay are important SSSIs. The cliffs have one of the largest UK colonies of the rare shore dock. Wacker Quay is frequented by little egrets and avocets. Spotted redshanks and green sandpipers may also be seen.
Wyke Regis training area
Chesil Bank is a World Heritage Site with a lagoon. Fossils, rare plants and insects can be found here. It is a key breeding site for little terns and ringed plovers. The lagoon has some 150 species of algae plus invertebrates and semi-aquatic molluscs.