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orchid is one of over 300 plant species that have been recorded at Lye Valley
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341:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
246:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
224:. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England
120:. It is part of the 4.5-hectare (11-acre) Lye Valley
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290:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England
268:. Local Nature Reserves. Natural England
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222:"Designated Sites View: Lye Valley"
106:Site of Special Scientific Interest
23:Site of Special Scientific Interest
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364:Friends of Lye Valley website
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951:Littlemore Railway Cutting
858:Wytham Ditches and Flushes
881:Ardley Cutting and Quarry
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911:Ditchley Road Quarry
891:Aston Rowant Cutting
843:Wormsley Chalk Banks
488:Aston Upthorpe Downs
288:"Map of Lye Valley"
133:calcareous grassland
122:Local Nature Reserve
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833:Wolvercote Meadows
763:Stanton Great Wood
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663:Little Tew Meadows
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483:Aston Rowant Woods
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88:Location map
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901:Cothill Fen
788:Warren Bank
773:Sturt Copse
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558:Cothill Fen
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320:22 February
118:Oxfordshire
43:Oxfordshire
1241:Categories
1137:Lye Valley
936:Hurst Hill
873:Geological
808:Weston Fen
673:Lye Valley
638:Hurst Hill
618:Holly Wood
528:Bould Wood
518:Bix Bottom
445:Biological
380:51°44′53″N
201:References
191:water rail
137:calcareous
110:Headington
102:Lye Valley
65:Biological
55:SP 547 056
17:Lye Valley
1147:Rock Edge
1119:The Slade
1109:Bure Park
991:Rock Edge
723:Reed Hill
608:Hartslock
383:1°12′29″W
294:27 March
272:27 March
250:27 March
228:27 March
93:Magic Map
1096:Cherwell
1026:Sugworth
853:Wychwood
703:Out Wood
513:Bestmoor
345:19 April
314:BBC News
62:Interest
39:Location
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141:ice age
1129:Oxford
906:Cumnor
698:Otmoor
114:Oxford
339:(PDF)
195:snipe
347:2011
322:2016
296:2020
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