Harting Downs

Harting Downs
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationWest Sussex
Grid referenceSU 800 179[1]
InterestBiological
Area336.3 hectares (831 acres)[1]
Notification1987[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Harting Downs is a 336.3-hectare (831-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Midhurst in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and an area of 206.6 hectares (511 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by the National Trust.[4][5][6]

This site consists of several parallel valleys on the steep slope of the South Downs. Habitats are chalk grassland, which is being invaded by scrub, together with areas of long-established woodland. The site is important for insects, with a nationally rare snail, Helicondonta obvoluta, two uncommon moths, the wood tiger and the maple prominent, and many rove beetles.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Harting Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Harting Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Harting Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Map of Harting Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Harting Down". National Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Harting Downs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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