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Harting Downs

Harting Downs

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Harting Downs is a 336.3-hectare (831-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Midhurst in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and an area of 206.6 hectares (511 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve which is owned and managed by the National Trust.[4][5][6]

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This site consists of several parallel valleys on the steep slope of the South Downs. Habitats are chalk grassland, which is being invaded by scrub, together with areas of long-established woodland. The site is important for insects, with a nationally rare snail, Helicondonta obvoluta, two uncommon moths, the wood tiger and the maple prominent, and many rove beetles.[7]

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    "Designated Sites View: Harting Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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    "Map of Harting Downs". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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    Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 118. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
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    "Harting Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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    "Map of Harting Down". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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    "Harting Down". National Trust. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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    "Harting Downs citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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