Watlington and Pyrton Hills

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Watlington and Pyrton Hills
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location Oxfordshire
Grid reference SU 705 938 [1]
InterestBiological
Area112.7 hectares (278 acres) [1]
Notification 1989 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Watlington and Pyrton Hills is a 112.7-hectare (278-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Watlington in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] An area of 1.6 hectares (4.0 acres) is Watlington Chalk Pit, which is a Local Nature Reserve. [3] [4]

This site has floristically diverse chalk grassland, chalk scrub, broadleaved woodland and yew woodland. Watlington Hill has short turf which is grazed by rabbits, with flowering plants including yellow-wort, dropwort, horseshoe vetch, squinancywort and the nationally rare candytuft. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Watlington and Pyrton Hills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Watlington and Pyrton Hills". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Watlington Chalk Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Map of Watlington Chalk Pit". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Watlington and Pyrton Hills citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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