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Kempley Daffodil Meadow

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Grid reference
  
SO676301

Area of search
  
Interest
  
Biological

Notification
  
1986


Kempley Daffodil Meadow (grid reference SO676301) is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986.

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The site is listed in the 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

Location and regional interest

The site is one of a limited number of similar meadows and woods in the Dymock and Newent areas which support the flowering of wild daffodil. The meadows are unimproved neutral grassland.

Dymock Woods is a nearby Site of Scientific Interest and supports flowering of wild daffodil, and there is a Daffodil Trail which incorporates a number of local nature reserves which support the conservation of the species.

Flora and conservation

Natural England, in its report of May 2011, reports the coverage and density of the flowering as being 75% of the whole field and between 40% to 60% cover. Other species recorded in the meadow are lesser celandine, common sorrel, cuckooflower and creeping buttercup. The presence of a significant number of bumblebees was noted.

SSSI Source

  • Natural England SSSI information on the citation
  • Natural England SSSI information on the Kempley Daffodil Meadow unit
  • References

    Kempley Daffodil Meadow Wikipedia


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