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Bucknell Wood Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Area of Search Northamptonshire
Interest Biological
Area 9.2 hectares
Notification 1989
Location map Magic Map

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

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.

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

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