Interest Biological Location map Magic Map Management Natural England | Grid reference TL 447 484 Area 55.6 hectares Notification 1987 | |
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Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields is a 55.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Whittlesford and Thriplow in Cambridgeshire.
This site has two unusual species, the nationally rare grass-poly, which is only found in south Cambridgeshire on the British mainland, and the nationally uncommon fairy shrimp chirocephalus diaphanus. They are found in shallow hollows in arable fields, which are the result of ice lenses melting at the end of the last ice age. There are also uncommon liverworts.
The site is private land with no public access. Some areas can be viewed from Newton Road, but these are flat cultivated fields.
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Whittlesford - Thriplow Hummocky Fields Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA