Calender Meadows

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Calender Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Calender Meadows 2.jpg
Location Northamptonshire
Grid reference SP 685 749 [1]
InterestBiological
Area3.1 hectares [1]
Notification 2012 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Calender Meadows is a 3.1-hectare (7.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Guilsborough in Northamptonshire. [1] [2]

This is described by Natural England as "a nationally important site for its lowland unimproved neutral grassland". It has a wide variety of native herbs and grasses. There are herbs such as lady's bedstraw, meadow vetchling and common bird's-foot trefoil, and grasses include red fescue, sweet vernal-grass and false oat-grass. [3]

The site is private land with no public access.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. "Map of Calender Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  3. "Calender Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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