Burton Park SSSI
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | West Sussex |
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Grid reference | SU 977 176[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 57.7 hectares (143 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1986[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Burton Park SSSI is a 57.7-hectare (143-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Pulborough in West Sussex.[1][2] A larger area of 63 hectares (160 acres), including Chingford Pond to the west, is designated a Local Nature Reserve called Burton and Chingford Ponds,[3][4] which is managed by the Sussex Wildlife Trust and West Sussex County Council.[5] The site is adjacent to Burton Park, a Grade I listed building.
This site comprises a large pond, carr woodland, bog, wet heath and marshy grassland. There is a diverse range of invertebrates including three nationally rare species, the snail Omphiscola glabra and the craneflies Erioptera meijerei and Tipula marginata. The site is also important for its breeding water birds, such as water rails and great crested grebes.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Burton Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Map of Burton Park". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Burton and Chingford Ponds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Map of Burton and Chingford Ponds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Burton and Chingford Ponds". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Burton Park citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
50°57′00″N 0°36′40″W / 50.950°N 0.611°W / 50.950; -0.611
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- Adur Estuary
- Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill
- Amberley Wild Brooks
- Ambersham Common
- Arun Banks
- Arundel Park
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Buchan Hill Ponds
- Burton Park
- Chanctonbury Hill
- Chapel Common
- Chichester Harbour
- Chiddingfold Forest
- Cissbury Ring
- Clayton to Offham Escarpment
- Climping Beach
- Coates Castle
- Cow Wood and Harry's Wood
- Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
- East Dean Park Wood
- Ebernoe Common
- Fairmile Bottom
- Forest Mere
- Fyning Moor
- Halnaker Chalk Pit
- Harting Downs
- Heyshott Down
- House Copse
- Hurston Warren
- Iping Common
- Kingley Vale
- Lavington Common
- Levin Down
- The Mens
- Mills Rocks
- Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
- Pads Wood
- Pagham Harbour
- Parham Park
- Pulborough Brooks
- Rake Hanger
- Rook Clift
- Shillinglee Lake
- Singleton and Cocking Tunnels
- St Leonard's Forest
- St Leonard's Park Ponds
- Sullington Warren
- Treyford to Bepton Down
- Upper Arun
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Waltham Brooks
- West Dean Woods
- West Harting Down
- Wolstonbury Hill
- Woolbeding and Pound Commons
- Woolmer Forest
- Worth Forest
- Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
- Bognor Common Quarry
- Bognor Reef
- Bracklesham Bay
- Chantry Mill
- Chichester Harbour
- Coneyhurst Cutting
- Coppedhall Hanger
- Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
- Felpham
- Freshfield Lane
- Horton Clay Pit
- Marehill Quarry
- Pagham Harbour
- Park Farm Cutting
- Perry Copse Outcrop
- Philpot's and Hook Quarries
- Selsey, East Beach
- Slinfold Stream and Quarry
- Stone Hill Rocks
- Turners Hill
- Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
- Warnham
- West Hoathly