Buttlers Hangings

Buttlers Hangings
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Area of Search	Buckinghamshire
Grid reference	SU817962
Interest	Biological
Area	3.9 hectares
Notification	1984
Location map	Magic Map

Buttlers Hangings is a 3.9 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest north of West Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. It is in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.^[1]^[2]

The site is steeply sloping grassland and scrub which has a wide variety of plant species. There are many rabbit burrows and a badger sett. Invertebrates include colonies of chalkland butterflies and four endangered Red Book spiders. Other insects include yellow meadow ants, thorn-hoppers and a rare weevil, ceutorhynchus unguicularis. Fourteen snail species have been recorded.^[1]

There is access by footpaths from West Wycombe Hill and Slough Lane.

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References

1 2 "Buttlers Hangings citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
↑ "Map of Buttlers Hangings". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 February 2016.

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Coordinates: 51°39′31″N 0°49′13″W / 51.6587°N 0.8203°W / 51.6587; -0.8203

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