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Buttler's Hangings

… Arabis hirsuta and wild candytuft Iberis amara. Hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus suggest a prolonged lack of disturbance to the site and favour low growing herbs such as thyme Thymus pulegioides. Other herbs of interest include Chiltern gentian Gentianella germanica,…

Homington and Coombe Bissett Downs

…mosa grows in the well grazed turf. Ant hills produced by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are occasional. The scrub is also valuable to birds although a full survey has not yet been undertaken. Species include yellowhammer, willow warbler, goldfinch and skylark.

Brimsdown Hill

…own argus butterfly does occupy the site and ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are widespread. The woods support a typical bird fauna, while buzzard and green woodpecker use the downland.

Ipsley Alders Marsh

…nsis. This part of the site also has numerous ant hills of theyellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, indicating the undisturbed nature of the grassland. The northern part of the site is crossed by a small stream fringed by a belt of alder Alnus glutinosa woodland. This stream and two s…

Burcombe Down

…occur at the tops of the slopes. Anthills, constructed by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, are conspicuous towards the bottom of certain slopes and support typical plants such as wild thyme Thymus praecox and common rock rose.

Wytham Woods

…emilla vestita. The grassland contains abundant mounds formed by the yellow ant Lasius flavus. An experimental area on Wytham Hill, part of which is ploughed annually and used to monitor the re establishment of limestone grassland under different grazing regimes, supports three n…

High Wood and Meadow

…ds and invertebrates. The large and prolific ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are a niche for several species of annual plants and are of considerable intrinsic value. Open, sandy ground supports colonies of solitary bees and wasps.

Dank's Down and Truckle Hill

…e of limited distribution in Britain. Mounds produced by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are a regular feature of the grassland. Bird species recorded for this site include marsh and willow tits, chiffchaff, willow warbler, blackcap, green and great spotted woodpecker, litt…

Win Green Down

…chica are widespread especially on the large ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. These are a particular feature of the slopes at the western end of the down. Several species indicative of a long period of continuous management without ploughing, fertiliser or herbic…

Pitstone Hill

… Clinopodium vulgare and cowslip Primula veris. Mounds of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are abundant in parts of the grassland. The improved grassland on the upper part of the site is dominated by grasses, but retains occasional chalk grassland plants such as burnet saxifra…

Cae Comin Coch

…pes of the northern half of the site, with many mounds of the yellow meadow and Lasius flavus, support an unusual mixture of both lime-loving and acid-loving plant species. Lime-loving species include cowslip Primula veris, not known now from any other pasture in north Brecknock,…

Prescombe Down

…scarce bug Anakelisia perspicillata. Ant hills, formed by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are abundant on some slopes. A variety of birds frequent the site including garden warbler, blackcap, whitethroat, corn bunting and bullfinch. Buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk, little owl a…

The Bury Farm

…ample. Some of the grasslands also have many ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. Other information The site also supports a wide range of features of historic and archaeological interest.

Vange & Fobbing Marshes

…dissima and the velvet ant Mutilla europaea. Ant hills formed by the meadow ant Lasius flavus are numerous in the grassland. Significant numbers of redshank breed on the pastures, while short eared owls frequently hunt along the sea walls during the winter.

Wyre Forest

…ing soils occur, particularly on the numerous anthills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, including heath bedstraw Galium saxatile, wild thyme Thymus praecox and heath speedwell Veronica officinalis. Light bracken and scrub cover on grasslands provide a woodland element to t…

The Coombs, Hinton Parva

… chalkhill blue and dark green fritillary. The mounds of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are a conspicuous feature of the site, providing a specialist habitat for additional species of plant and insect. The site is also noteworthy for the presence of the arachnid Leiobunum r…

Porton Down

…of red fescue, combined with the mound building activities of yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. The second uncommon community is otherwise only known from Breckland. This community, characterised by sheep's fescue Festuca ovina, mouse ear hawkweed Pilosella officinarum and wild th…

Upper Colne Marshes

…n less modified parts of the marsh, ant hills produced by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are present, these provide a well drained micro habitat which supports a number of different plants including the nationally scarce upright chickweed Moenchia erecta. The water courses …

Ganllwyd

…t Glasdir. Its larvae live in ant nests, such as those of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, which are found in the grassland. The locally uncommon alder buckthorn Frangula alnus occurs within the site at Glasdir. It is the foodplant of the brimstone butterfly Gonepteryx rhamn…

Cinquefoil Brow and Wood Dale

…interest due to the presence of conspicuous ant hills, formed by the yellow ant Lasius flavus. The soils of these mounds are fine and friable and develop a characteristic flora which often differs from the surrounding grassland. Maintenance of the nature conservation interest is …

Tingewick Meadows

…d cherry. The calcareous grassland harbours numerous hills of yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus and the whole area supports a large population of typical meadow butterflies, moths and grasshoppers. This aspect warrants closer study.

Bowerchalke Downs

…e, gorse, whitebeam, hazel and ash. Ant hills produced by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are a feature of several slopes. The grassland supports a variety of butterfly species including dingy skipper, dark green fritillary and common blue. The Adonis blue is also found where…

Tudor Farm Bank

…alatheaa and common blue Polyommatus icarus. Ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are frequent across the site.

Bliss Gate Pastures

…ome much rarer due to lowered water tables. Ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus occur throughout the pasture and have associated herb species including wild thyme Thymus praecox, heath milkwort Polygala serpyllifolia and barren strawberry Potentilla sterilis. Toward…

Upton Cow Down

…ain is confined to the southern chalk. Ant hills made by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are prominent on the site and support a characteristic flora with species such as rock rose Helianthemum nummularium, lady's bedstraw Galium verum and wild thyme Thymus praecox. Scattere…

Whitesheet Hill

…pocrepis comosa, is widespread on the down. Ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are much in evidence. Other animal species also make use of the downland and scrub, especially birds such as skylark, yellowhammer, green woodpecker and kestrel. Field vole, rabbit and…

Staines Moor

…en well studied for invertebrates it does support the oldest known ant hills of Lasius flavus in Britain; some of these ant hills are estimated to be 180years old and they have considerable research value. In addition over sixty species of mollusc have been recorded from the mead…

Aberithon and Bedw Turbaries

…a and devil's-bit scabious Succisa pratensis. Ant hills made by the ant species Lasius Flavus are abundant and carry a characteristic flora. The ivy-leaved bellflower Wahlenbergia hederacea occurs in the damper parts of the pasture. Both sites are regularly used for field studies…

Tytherington Down

…stard toadflax, has been found. Ant hills, constructed by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, are conspicuous over part of the downland. Most of the site is well grazed by cattle and is consequently almost free from scrub although hawthorn Crataegus monogyna and gorse Ulex europ…

Hollybush Pastures

…, which give rise to a mor type acidic humus. Anthills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus are present throughout the site, except in the small orchard.

Rotherley Downs

…airy violet Viola hirta have also been recorded. Mounds made by the yellow ant Lasius flavus are a conspicuous feature of the site. Common mammals include rabbit, roe and fallow deer, whilst the bird fauna includes buzzard, kestrel and yellowhammer.

Pilch Fields

… The calcareous grassland harbours numerous ant hills and the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus.

Stratford Toney Down

…theaa also breed. Ant hills, which are the nest mounds of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus, have developed on some slopes and support typical plants such as rock rose and wild thyme Thymus praecox.

Blackwater Estuary

… the old saltmarsh creeks still evident. The ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus give credence to the antiquity of the landscape, their dry mounds of spoil providing a micro habitat for common whitlow grass Erophila verna and the nationally scarce upright chickweed M…

Williamhope

…. Much of the grassland and heath contains mounds made by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. This indicates the unimproved nature of the grassland, with the mounds here more numerous than at any other site in the Borders.

Colne Estuary

…r hare's ear Bupleurum tenuissimum. Many ant hills, produced by the meadow ant Lasius flavus, occur throughout the grazing marsh and provide additional habitat for plants such as lady's bedstraw Galium verum. The former saltmarsh creeks and ditches within the grazing marsh add t…

Pike Corner

…he drier parts of the site contain many mounds created by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus and several plants more characteristic of chalk or limestone downland, e.g. stemless thistle Cirsium acaule, fairy flax Linum catharticum, salad burnet Poterium sanguisorba, tor grass Br…

Bradenham Woods, Park Wood & The Coppice

…devius and the sawfly Tenthredo distinguenda. The yellow and black meadow ants Lasius flavus and L. niger both occur, the nests of the former of importance to several low growing herbs and the grassland snails include the calcicolous Helicella itala and Abida secale. Park Wood …

Dunster Park and Heathlands

…ratum. There is an abundance of large ant hills formed by the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. There is also a diverse fungal flora with waxcaps Hygrocybe species being well represented, including the pink meadow cap Hygrocybe calyptriformis. There are also areas of bracken and b…

Ebsbury Down

…reached a considerable size. These are the nest mounds of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus and support typical ant hill plants, such as common rock rose and wild thyme Thymus praecox, along with the small annuals early forget-me-not Myosotis ramosissima and thyme leaved sandwo…

Dean Brook Valley Pastures

…val ridge and furrow system and also contain ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. The soils are poorly drained and overlie alluvium and Lower Lias clays of the Jurassic Period. The special interest of these pastures lies in the diversity of the semi natural grasslan…

Blackmore Vale Commons And Moors

…is largely unimproved and there are numerous ant hills of the yellow meadow ant Lasius flavus. The grassland is dominated by grasses with few herbs due to constant deer grazing. Church Park in the west has been agriculturally improved, but it contains two of the oldest trees, not…

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