Northward Hill Explained

Northward Hill
Aos:Kent
Interest:Biological
Area:52.5ha
Notifydate:1984
Map: Magic Map

Northward Hill is a 52.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest Kent.[1] [2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 2,[3] and is also designated High Halstow National Nature Reserve[4] [5] The site is managed by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[6]

This site has mixed woodland, scrub, ponds, grassland and bracken. It has the largest heronry in Britain, with more than 200 pairs, and insects include the scarce sloe carpet and least carpet moths.[7]

There is access by public footpaths from High Halstow.

References

51.457°N 0.562°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Northward Hill. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 February 2018.
  2. Web site: Map of Northward Hill. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 February 2018.
  3. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

    . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 5. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

  4. Web site: Kent's National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 2 August 2014. 23 January 2018. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180124072455/https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/kents-national-nature-reserves/kents-national-nature-reserves. 24 January 2018.
  5. Web site: Designated Sites View: High Halstow . National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 17 January 2018.
  6. Web site: Northward Hill. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 19 February 2018.
  7. Web site: Northward Hill citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 February 2018.

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