The Mens Explained

The Mens
Aos:	West Sussex
Interest:	Biological
Area:	205.2ha
Notifydate:	1986
Map:	Magic Map

The Mens is a 205.2abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Billingshurst in West Sussex.^{[1] [2]} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I^[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.^[4] An area of 166ha south of the A272 road is managed as a nature reserve by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.^[5]

This large area of woodland has diverse breeding birds and rich lichen and fungal floras. There are many rare beetles and a fly which is endangered with extinction, Chelostoma curvinervis. All three British species of woodpecker breed on the site, together with other woodland species such as nightingales, woodcocks and wood warblers.^[6]

References

51.003°N -0.542°W

Notes and References

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

   . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 48–49 . Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

4. Web site: Designated Sites View: The Mens. Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 6 April 2019.
5. Web site: The Mens . Sussex Wildlife Trust . 2 May 2019.
6. Web site: The Mens citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 2 May 2019.