Watlington and Pyrton Hills
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Oxfordshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 705 938[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 112.7 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]
