Reed Hill | |
Aos: | Oxfordshire |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 14ha |
Notifydate: | 1987 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Reed Hill is a 14abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) west of Stonesfield in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It partly overlaps Stonesfield Slate Mines SSSI.
This sheltered dry valley has unimproved limestone grassland, secondary woodland and scrub. A spring at the northern end makes the ground there seasonally damp. Invertebrates include the small blue, Duke of Burgundy and dark green fritillary butterflies, the small shield bug Neotti-glossa pusilla, the beetle Oedemera lurida and the spider Hypsosinga pygmaea.[3]