The Mens

The Mens
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationWest Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 024 236[1]
InterestBiological
Area205.2 hectares (507 acres)[1]
Notification1986[1]
Location mapMagic Map

The Mens is a 205.2-hectare (507-acre) 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 166 hectares (410 acres) 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

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: The Mens". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of The Mens". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  4. ^ "Designated Sites View: The Mens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  5. ^ "The Mens". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Mens citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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