Pixey and Yarnton Meads explained

Pixey and Yarnton Meads
Aos:	Oxfordshire
Interest:	Biological
Area:	86.4ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

Pixey and Yarnton Meads is an 86.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Oxford in Oxfordshire.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,^[3] and part of Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation.^[4]

These are unimproved flood meadows on the bank of the River Thames. Their management is very well recorded, and it is known that they have been grazed and cut for hay for more than a thousand years, with the result that they are botanically rich, with more than 150 species. The site has been the subject of detailed botanical and hydrological research.^[5]

References

51.788°N -1.308°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Pixey and Yarnton Meads. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 April 2020.
2. Web site: Map of Pixey and Yarnton Meads. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 April 2020.
3. Book: Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 129. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .
4. Web site: Designated Sites View: Oxford Meadows. Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 26 February 2020.
5. Web site: Pixey and Yarnton Meads citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 7 April 2020.