Duncton to Bignor Escarpment

Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location	West Sussex
Grid reference	SU 971 143
Interest	Biological
Area	229.0 hectares (566 acres)
Notification	1986
Location map	Magic Map

Duncton to Bignor Escarpment is a 229-hectare (570-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Pulborough in West Sussex.^[1]^[2] It is a Special Area of Conservation^[3] and Bignor Hill is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[4]

Ecosystem

This steeply sloping site on the South Downs has mature beech woodland together with other habitats including chalk grassland and scrub. Invertebrates include the largest British population of the snail Helicodonta obvoluta and several rare moth species. A spring has a rich marginal vegetation including opposite-leaved golden saxifrage.^[5]

References

50°55′12″N 0°37′12″W / 50.920°N 0.620°W / 50.920; -0.620

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