Northward Hill
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Kent |
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Grid reference | TQ 781 762[1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 52.5 hectares (130 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1984[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Northward Hill is a 52.5-hectare (130-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest Kent.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and is also designated High Halstow National Nature Reserve[4][5] The site is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[6]
This site has mixed woodland, scrub, ponds, grassland and bracken. It has the largest heronry in Britain, with more than 200 pairs, and insects include the scarce sloe carpet and least carpet moths.[7]
There is access by public footpaths from High Halstow.
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Northward Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Map of Northward Hill". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 5. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
- ^ "Kent's National Nature Reserves". Natural England. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Designated Sites View: High Halstow". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
- ^ "Northward Hill". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "Northward Hill citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
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