Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood explained

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood
Aos:Buckinghamshire
Interest:Biological
Area:13.2 hectares
Notifydate:1992
Map:Magic Map

Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood is a 13.2hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Denham in Buckinghamshire.[1] [2]

The site is a mosaic of different habitats next to the River Alder Bourne, including unimproved pasture and woodland. The meadows have dry and wet grassland, swamp and fen. The eastern fields are grazed by cattle and the eastern ones, which are drier, have a late hay crop. Grasses include red fescue and in drier areas and creeping bent in wetter ones. Oldhouse Wood has ash and field maple on upper slopes and oak and birch on lower ones. There are several species of dragonfly.[1]

There is access from a road between Copse Hill Farm and Willetts Lane.

References

51.555°N -0.516°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood citation . Sites of Special Scientific Interest . Natural England . 13 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234728/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1006013.pdf . 3 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: Map of Kingcup Meadows and Oldhouse Wood. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 13 March 2016.