Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
| Location | Kent |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 675 640[1] |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 600.6 hectares (1,484 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment is a 600.6-hectare (1,484-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs from Cuxton to Wrotham, west of Rochester in Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.[4]
This site on the North Downs has grassland and beech woodland on chalk soil. It is entomologically important, with uncommon insects such as the bug Psylla viburni, and it is the only known location in Britain for the moth Hypercallia citrinalis.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 46, 118. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands". Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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