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South Oxfordshire

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Pusey

This map highlights the landscape types within the parish you selected, and its associated local character areas. You can click on any area of the map for a description of its landscape character and biodiversity. Please note that local character areas can cover large areas of the countryside, and may include several parishes, so the description may not be specific to this parish. If there are any wildlife habitats within the parish their descriptions can be found by scrolling to the bottom of this page.

Pusey Image Map

The following wildlife habitats fall within this parish. They are listed according to their associated landscape type or local character area.

If you want more information about any of the sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) listed below, take a look at English Nature's Nature on the Map website. It may also be possible to find out a bit more about the unnamed wildlife habitats in the parish by contacting the Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (owls@oxfordshire.gov.uk) and quoting the site code next to the habitat description.

The majority of these wildlife habitats are on private land and access to them is not possible without permission of the landowner, unless there is a statutory right of way. However, many wildlife habitats in the county are open to the public. More information on these can be obtained from the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum.

Wildlife Habitats

Wooded Estatelands

Site Code: 39T03

Area: 10.8ha

This site is important for the presence of wet woodland which is mainly found in the north of the wood next to the stream that flows along the edge and through the wood. Wet woodland is rare in Oxfordshire and is a national nature conservation priority. There is a concentration of wet woodland in this part of the County. Other parts of the wood are drier with plantation woodland.

The wet woodland has alder, willow and silver birch though there is also a lot of sycamore. The wettest areas have tall sedges with wetland wildflowers including gypsywort, hemp agrimony, meadowsweet, marsh marigold and water parsnip.