Heyshott Down Explained

Heyshott Down
Aos:	West Sussex
Interest:	Biological
Area:	42.6ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Heyshott Down is a 42.6abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Midhurst in West Sussex.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2.^[3]

This site on the South Downs is unimproved chalk grassland, which is a nationally rare habitat. The grassland is plant-rich and it is nationally important for mosses and liverworts, such as Antitrichia curtipendula, Hylocomium brevirostre and Rhytidiadelphus loreus. The site is also nationally important for spiders and harvestmen and it is one of only two sites in Britain where the spider Tapinocyboides pygmaea has been recorded.^[4]

There is access by footpaths from Cocking and Heyshott.

References

50.944°N -0.725°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Heyshott Down . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 May 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Heyshott Down. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 May 2019.
3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 120. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

4. Web site: Heyshott Down citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 26 May 2019.