Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve
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Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve is located on the north-west escarpment of the Chiltern Hills, in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[1] It has an area of 159.1 hectares (393 acres),[2] and most of it is a 128.5 hectares (318 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3][4] It is listed as a Grade 1 site in A Nature Conservation Review.[5] The reserve is in several sections, mostly in the parish of Lewknor in Oxfordshire, with smaller sections in the parish of Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire.
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire |
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Grid reference | SU728972 |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 128.5 hectares (318 acres) |
Notification | 1988 |
Location map | Magic Map |
The reserve is home to plants and butterflies of chalk grassland. The flowers include at least seven species of orchid and the Chiltern gentian; the butterflies include the silver-spotted skipper and the Adonis blue.
As well as chalk grassland, the reserve contains woodland with beech, yew, and juniper. Overhead, reintroduced red kites are resident.