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Butter Wood

Butter Wood

UK Site of Special Scientific Interest

Butter Wood is a 133-hectare (330-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Basingstoke in Hampshire.[1][2] Part of Up Nately LNR, which is designated a Local Nature Reserve, is in the SSSI.[3]

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This site is mainly deciduous woodland with a diverse geology and structure. Most of it is former wood pasture, with many glades and broad bridleways, and there are also several copses which were managed as coppice with standards. Fauna include a rich Lepidoptera, including 25 species of butterfly.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Designated Sites View: Butter Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Map of Butter Wood". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Designated Sites View: Up Nately". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Butter Wood citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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