Warren Bank
Protected area in Oxfordshire, England
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Oxfordshire |
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Grid reference | SU 653 857[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 3.1 hectares (7.7 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Warren Bank is a 3.1-hectare (7.7-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Wallingford in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[3]
This steeply sloping site has unimproved chalk grassland and scrub. There is a rich variety of flora, including horseshoe vetch, chalk milkwort and bee orchid. There are also many insects, with butterflies such as dark green fritillary and green hairstreak.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Warren Bank". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Map of Warren Bank". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ "Warren Bank". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
- ^ "Warren Bank citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
51°33′58″N 1°03′32″W / 51.566°N 1.059°W / 51.566; -1.059
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- Appleton Lower Common
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- Arncott Bridge Meadows
- Ashdown Park
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- Aston Upthorpe Downs
- Barrow Farm Fen
- Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods
- Berins Hill Bank
- Berrick Trench
- Bestmoor
- Bix Bottom
- Blenheim Park
- Bould Wood
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- Chinnor Hill
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- Glyme Valley
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- Knightsbridge Lane
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- Little Wittenham
- Lye Valley
- Middle Barton Fen
- Moulsford Downs
- Murcott Meadows
- New Marston Meadows
- Otmoor
- Out Wood
- Pishill Woods
- Pixey and Yarnton Meads
- Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green
- Reed Hill
- Rushy Meadows
- Salt Way, Ditchley
- Sarsgrove Wood
- Sheep's Banks
- Shirburn Hill
- Sidling's Copse and College Pond
- Spartum Fen
- Stanton Great Wood
- Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks
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- Waterperry Wood
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- Weston Fen
- Westwell Gorse
- Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods
- Whitehill Wood
- Whitehorse Hill
- Wolvercote Meadows
- Woodeaton Wood
- Wormsley Chalk Banks
- Worsham Lane
- Wychwood
- Wytham Ditches and Flushes
- Wytham Woods
- Ardley Cutting and Quarry
- Ardley Trackways
- Aston Rowant Cutting
- Chinnor Chalk Pit
- Cothill Fen
- Cumnor
- Ditchley Road Quarry
- Dry Sandford Pit
- Highlands Farm Pit
- Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
- Horsehay Quarries
- Hurst Hill
- Kirtlington Quarry
- Lamb and Flag Quarry
- Littlemore Railway Cutting
- Littleworth Brick Pit
- Long Hanborough Gravel Pit
- Lyehill Quarry
- Magdalen Grove
- Magdalen Quarry
- Neithrop Fields Cutting
- Priest's Hill
- Rock Edge
- Sharp's Hill Quarry
- Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
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- Stanton Harcourt
- Stonesfield Slate Mines
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- Sugworth
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- Whitehorse Hill
- Wicklesham and Coxwell Pits
- Woodeaton Quarry