North Brewham Meadows
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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 Location within Somerset
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| Area of Search | Somerset |
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| Grid reference | ST743379 |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 8.9 hectares (0.089 km2; 0.034 sq mi) |
| Notification | 1987 |
| Natural England website | |
North Brewham Meadows (grid reference ST743379) is an 8.9 hectare (21.9 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at North Brewham in Somerset, England, notified in 1987.
These traditionally-managed species-rich meadows support a neutral grassland community of the nationally rare Common Knapweed Crested Dog's-tail type. Breeding butterflies typical of unimproved neutral grassland include Small Copper (Lycaena phaeas), Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Grayling (Hipparchia semele) and Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus).[1]
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