Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment explained

Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment
Aos:	Kent
Interest:	Biological
Area:	600.6ha
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment is a 600.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs from Cuxton to Wrotham, west of Rochester in Kent.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I.^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.^[4]

This site on the North Downs has grassland and beech woodland on chalk soil. It is entomologically important, with uncommon insects such as the bug Psylla viburni, and it is the only known location in Britain for the moth Hypercallia citrinalis.^[5]

References

51.35°N 0.404°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 February 2018.
2. Web site: Map of Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 February 2018.
3. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 46, 118 . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .
4. Web site: Designated Sites View: North Downs Woodlands . Special Area of Conservation. Natural England. 16 January 2018.
5. Web site: Halling to Trottiscliffe Escarpment citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 February 2018.