This site is an excellent example of an unimproved herb-rich neutral grassland of a type which is now rare in Britain.
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The site is species-rich neutral grassland, a rare habitat in the county, in the flood plain of Alconbury Brook.
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The site is about and consists of of open water and canals, of neutral grassland and of broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland.
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The landscape provides several areas identified under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan including Lowland Meadow, Limestone Grassland and Species-rich Neutral Grassland.
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The area also has some marl pits, which have a rich flora and fauna and an area of herb-rich neutral grassland.
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This is one of the few surviving areas of neutral grassland in the county, where ridge and furrow from medieval ploughing can be seen.
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The site consists of a series of scrub, surrounded by acid and neutral grassland, a habitat with a restricted distribution in County Durham.
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The site was notified in 1988 due to its biological features which is predominately damp unimproved neutral grassland, which is a rare habitat in Merseyside.
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Gweunydd Glan-y-glasnant, a Site of Special Scientific Interest notable for its species-rich neutral grassland, is east of Tumble.
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Long Lye is a traditionally managed neutral grassland of a type which was once characteristic of lowland Britain but has now become increasingly rare due to agricultural intensification.
