Bucknell Wood Meadows

Bucknell Wood Meadows
	Site of Special Scientific Interest
Area of Search	Northamptonshire
Grid reference	SP 641 449[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	9.2 hectares[1]
Notification	1989[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Bucknell Wood Meadows is a 9.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Silverstone in Northamptonshire.[1][2]

This site consists of agriculturally unimproved fields on seasonally waterlogged soils. The flora is diverse with many herbs, including bird's-foot-trefoil, meadow buttercup and devil's-bit scabious. Variations in the types of flora are partly due to different soils and partly to previous management practices.[3]

There is access from public footpaths which pass through the site.

References

"Designated Sites View: Bucknell Wood Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
"Map of Bucknell Wood Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
"Bucknell Wood Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

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[dsv-1] "Designated Sites View: Bucknell Wood Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[map-2] "Map of Bucknell Wood Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[3] "Bucknell Wood Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.