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334:) which use the site for feeding. One small roost of lesser horseshoe bats is known. Both species of horseshoe bat are nationally rare. Thirty species of birds are known to breed within this site and at least 23 species of butterfly breed here.
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This site is important because it supports populations of nationally rare and scarce plants, together with grassland and woodland habitats which are nationally restricted in distribution.
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The site is located on the south side of the Mendip Hills occupying a position on a steep-sided ridge which runs north to south. The underlying rocks are almost entirely
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This variety of habitats ensures that a wide range of fauna occurs on the site. In total 22 species of mammal have been recorded including a strong population of
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289:) are found on this site, as are two nationally scarce species: the
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322:) and five species of bat, including the Greater Horseshoe bat (
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Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological)
1982:
Sites of
Special Scientific Interest notified in 1990
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72.1 hectares (0.721 km; 0.278 sq mi)
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1365:
1314:
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83:
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1977:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset
1451:Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest
182:biological Site of Special Scientific Interest
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398:
8:
18:
353:
351:
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347:
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223:The nationally rare purple gromwell (
7:
1085:Brimble Pit and Cross Swallet Basins
1535:Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors
1281:King John's Hunting Lodge, Axbridge
269:). Two nationally rare plants, the
25:Site of Special Scientific Interest
43:
14:
42:
35:
1765:Prior's Park & Adcombe Wood
1570:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
1515:Black Down and Sampford Commons
1140:Crook Peak to Shute Shelve Hill
1860:Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands
1235:Wurt Pit and Devil's Punchbowl
1:
1635:Great Breach and Copley Woods
1215:Sandpit Hole and Bishop's Lot
226:Lithospermum purpurocaeruleum
1840:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
1490:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
1373:Bath and North East Somerset
1210:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
1055:Axbridge Hill and Fry's Hill
889:St. Dunstan's Well Catchment
328:) and Lesser Horseshoe bat (
229:) and the nationally scarce
1865:Twinhills Woods and Meadows
1750:Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh
1655:Holme Moor & Clean Moor
1590:Dunster Park and Heathlands
1998:
1825:Southey and Gotleigh Moors
1615:Fivehead Woods and Meadow
306:Potentilla tabernaemontani
276:Dianthus gratianopolitanus
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1875:Walton and Ivythorn Hills
1685:Langmead and Weston Level
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1461:
1130:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
774:Compton Martin Ochre Mine
325:Rhinolophus ferrumequinum
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23:
1855:Tealham and Tadham Moors
1605:Edford Woods and Meadows
331:Rhinolophus hipposideros
319:Muscardinus avellanarius
51:Location within Somerset
1665:Kingdown and Middledown
1505:Barrington Hill Meadows
1337:National Cycle Route 24
1271:Charterhouse Roman Town
1180:Kingdown and Middledown
909:Tyning's Barrow Swallet
210:with a small amount of
208:carboniferous limestone
196:, England. It received
157:Natural England website
1595:East Polden Grasslands
261:Autumn Ladies'-tresses
256:Anacamptis pyramidalis
1740:Old Iron Works, Mells
1720:North Brewham Meadows
1610:Exmoor Coastal Heaths
1409:North Somerset Levels
1306:East Somerset Railway
884:St Cuthbert's Swallet
1475:Aller and Beer Woods
107:51.27556°N 2.74685°W
1680:Langford Heathfield
1630:Ge-mare Farm Fields
1575:Curry and Hay Moors
1301:Cheddar Valley line
1296:Somerset Coal Canal
1261:Drove Cottage Henge
1230:Windsor Hill Quarry
1070:Barns Batch Spinney
1065:Banwell Ochre Caves
914:Upper Flood Swallet
904:Thrupe Lane Swallet
874:Shute Shelve Cavern
754:Banwell Ochre Caves
744:Axbridge Ochre Mine
588:Westbury-sub-Mendip
266:Spiranthes spiralis
241:Green-winged Orchid
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20:
1932:Neighbouring areas
1910:Windsor Hill Marsh
1815:Sharpham Moor Plot
1725:North Curry Meadow
1670:Kingweston Meadows
1291:Somerset Coalfield
1160:Emborough Quarries
1135:Cook's Wood Quarry
894:Stoke Lane Slocker
829:Manor Farm Swallet
734:Attborough Swallet
296:Sedum forsterianum
112:51.27556; -2.74685
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1905:Whitevine Meadows
1650:Hestercombe House
1585:Draycott Sleights
1550:Cheddar Reservoir
1540:Chancellor's Farm
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1392:Surrounding areas
1150:Draycott Sleights
1110:Cheddar Reservoir
1100:Chancellor's Farm
924:Wookey Hole Caves
804:Goatchurch Cavern
794:Fairy Cave Quarry
764:Charterhouse Cave
710:Shute Shelve Hill
654:Litton Reservoirs
644:Cheddar Reservoir
301:spring cinquefoil
236:Orobanche hederae
198:SSSI notification
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1989:
1715:Nettlecombe Park
1660:King's Sedgemoor
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1175:Holwell Quarries
1120:Chew Valley Lake
1095:Burrington Combe
824:Longwood Swallet
784:Eastwater Cavern
759:Burrington Combe
649:Chew Valley Lake
607:Rivers and lakes
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400:
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384:
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286:Galium fleurotii
281:Cheddar bedstraw
251:pyramidal orchid
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79:
46:
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39:
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1961:
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1795:Roebuck Meadows
1755:Postlebury Wood
1695:Long Lye Meadow
1645:Hardington Moor
1545:Cheddar Complex
1495:Babcary Meadows
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1418:
1413:
1404:Somerset Levels
1387:
1361:
1310:
1286:Priddy Mineries
1266:Dolebury Warren
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1145:Dolebury Warren
1105:Cheddar Complex
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928:
719:
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602:
523:Leigh-on-Mendip
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1885:West Sedgemoor
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1845:Stowell Meadow
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1835:Sparkford Wood
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1830:Southlake Moor
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1810:Shapwick Heath
1807:
1805:Severn Estuary
1802:
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1770:Quantock Hills
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1700:Longleat Woods
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1525:Bridgwater Bay
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1378:North Somerset
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1251:Priddy Circles
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1225:Viaduct Quarry
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1220:Shiplate Slait
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1165:Harptree Combe
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1125:Cloford Quarry
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972:Doulting Stone
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739:Aveline's Hole
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1890:Westhay Heath
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1530:Briggins Moor
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1332:Monarch's Way
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1090:Burledge Hill
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1060:Banwell Caves
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849:Read's Cavern
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1972:Mendip Hills
1895:Westhay Moor
1850:Street Heath
1820:South Exmoor
1800:Ruttersleigh
1790:Rodney Stoke
1760:Priddy Pools
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1730:North Exmoor
1625:Friar's Oven
1555:Cheddar Wood
1510:Berrow Dunes
1500:Barle Valley
1205:Rodney Stoke
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1195:Priddy Pools
1190:Priddy Caves
1170:Hobbs Quarry
1115:Cheddar Wood
1080:Bleadon Hill
1075:Blagdon Lake
1032:Windsor Hill
992:Gurney Slade
869:Shatter Cave
844:Priddy Caves
839:Pierre's Pot
809:Gough's Cave
680:Bleadon Hill
639:Blagdon Lake
543:Rodney Stoke
463:Charterhouse
414:Mendip Hills
369:. Retrieved
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190:Mendip Hills
176:) is a 72.1
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140:Notification
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1915:Wookey Hole
1870:Vallis Vale
1785:River Barle
1675:Lang's Farm
1600:Ebbor Gorge
1565:Cogley Wood
1560:Cleeve Hill
1399:Chew Valley
1322:Mendip Rail
1256:Cheddar Man
1155:Ebbor Gorge
1012:Moon's Hill
967:Cook's Wood
947:Callow Rock
942:Batts Combe
789:Ebbor Gorge
619:Cheddar Yeo
598:Wookey Hole
421:Settlements
359:"The Perch"
110: /
85:Coordinates
1966:Categories
1735:North Moor
1640:Grove Farm
1520:Brean Down
1485:Asham Wood
1480:Aller Hill
1327:Mendip Way
1050:Asham Wood
1017:Torr Works
987:Fairy Cave
859:Rhino Rift
779:Cox's Cave
727:and gorges
695:Fry's Hill
690:Crook Peak
675:Black Down
624:River Chew
573:Webbington
458:Burrington
338:References
299:) and the
279:) and the
259:) and the
126:Biological
95:51°16′32″N
1951:Wiltshire
1880:West Moor
1710:Moorlinch
1705:Millwater
1620:Freshmoor
1357:A371 road
1352:A368 road
1315:Transport
1276:Fosse Way
1185:Lamb Leer
997:Halecombe
982:Emborough
864:Rod's Pot
819:Lamb Leer
705:Purn Hill
629:River Yeo
614:River Axe
593:Winscombe
548:Rowberrow
478:Churchill
215:dolomitic
200:in 1990.
184:close to
165:The Perch
98:2°44′49″W
19:The Perch
1900:Wet Moor
1780:Ringdown
1690:Long Lye
1455:Somerset
1383:Somerset
1366:Councils
1347:A39 road
1342:A37 road
962:Colemans
934:Quarries
919:W/L Cave
700:Pen Hill
553:Sandford
498:Draycott
433:Axbridge
314:dormouse
212:Triassic
194:Somerset
173:ST480532
123:Interest
77:ST480532
65:Somerset
61:Location
1580:Deadman
1244:History
1027:Whatley
1022:Viaduct
1007:Holwell
977:Dulcote
952:Cloford
799:GB Cave
563:Shipham
533:Oakhill
468:Cheddar
453:Bleadon
448:Blagdon
438:Banwell
428:Ashwick
371:17 July
249:), the
188:in the
178:hectare
146: (
1946:Dorset
1775:Quants
538:Priddy
528:Litton
518:Hutton
508:Easton
1941:Devon
1745:Perch
1200:Perch
1042:SSSIs
1002:Hobbs
957:Cloud
725:Caves
663:Hills
578:Wells
568:Ubley
493:Cross
362:(PDF)
1936:Avon
373:2006
148:1990
144:1990
131:Area
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