Alpine Meadow, Berkhamsted

Nature reserve in Hertfordshire, England

Alpine MeadowSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Hertfordshire

Location| Hertfordshire
Grid reference| SP989103
Coordinates| 51°46′57″N 0°34′04″W﻿ / ﻿51.7826°N 0.5677°W﻿ / 51.7826; -0.5677
Interest| Biological
Area| 0.4 hectares (0.99 acres)
Notification| 1987
Location map| Magic Map
Natural England website

Alpine Meadow is a 0.4 hectare nature reserve near Berkhamsted in Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It is a designated biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), managed by the Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and the planning authority is Dacorum Borough Council.[1][2]

## Habitat

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The small site is a steeply sloping area of meadow and woodland, and it has been designated an SSSI as a rare example of unimproved chalk grassland. Grass species include upright brome, false brome and sheep's fescue, and there are many orchids, especially common twayblade and common spotted orchid. There are also many butterflies, such as marbled white and the rare Duke of Burgundy.[1] The woodland has birds such as green woodpeckers and finches.[3]

The site is always open and there is access by a footpath from Bridle Way.

## See also

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* List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

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## References

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1. ^ a b "Alpine Meadow citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. ^ "Map of Alpine Meadow". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
3. ^ "Alpine Meadow". Hertfordshire and Middlesex Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hertfordshire

Biological|

* Aldbury Nowers
* Alpine Meadow
* Amwell Quarry
* Ashridge Commons and Woods
* Ashwell Springs
* Benington High Wood
* Blagrove Common
* Bricket Wood Common
* Croxley Common Moor
* Frogmore Meadows
* Great Hormead Park
* Hertford Heath
* Hunsdon Mead
* Knebworth Woods
* Moor Hall Meadows
* Northaw Great Wood
* Oddy Hill and Tring Park
* Patmore Heath
* Plashes Wood
* Redwell Wood
* Roughdown Common
* Rye Meads
* Sarratt Bottom
* Sawbridgeworth Marsh
* Sherrardspark Wood
* Tewinbury
* Therfield Heath
* Thorley Flood Pound
* Tring Reservoirs
* Tring Woodlands
* Turnford and Cheshunt Pits
* Wain Wood
* Water End Swallow Holes
* Whippendell Wood
* Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood North
* Wormley-Hoddesdonpark Wood South

Geological|

* Castle Lime Works Quarry
* Downfield Pit, Westmill
* Hillcollins Pit
* Little Heath Pit
* Moor Mill Quarry, West
* Oughtonhead Lane
* Westwood Quarry

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Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust

Dacorum|

* Aldbury Nowers
* Alpine Meadow
* Long Deans
* Tring Reservoirs

East Hertfordshire|

* Amwell Quarry
* Balls Wood
* Danemead
* Hertford Heath
* Hunsdon and Eastwick Meads
* King's Meads
* Patmore Heath
* Rye Meads
* Tewin Orchard and Hopkyns Wood
* Tewinbury
* Thorley Wash
* Waterford Heath
* Willowmead

Hertsmere|

* Hilfield Park Reservoir

North Hertfordshire|

* Ashwell Quarry and Quarry Springs
* Blagrove Common
* Fox Covert
* Hawkins Wood
* Hexton Chalk Pit
* Oughtonhead
* Purwell Ninesprings

Stevenage|

* Ridlins Mire

Three Rivers|

* Frogmore Meadows
* Longspring Wood
* Stocker's Lake

Watford|

* Cassiobury Park

Welwyn Hatfield|

* Fir and Pond Woods
* Gobions Wood
* Lemsford Springs
* Stanborough Reedmarsh
* Stocking Springs Wood

Hillingdon|

* Broadwater Lake
* Old Park Wood
* Uxbridge Alderglade

Former reserves|

* Barkway Chalk Pit
* Darland's Lake Nature Reserve
* Hill End Pit
* Marshalls Heath
* Pryor's Wood
* Rowley Green Common
* Sawbridgeworth Marsh
* Telegraph Hill

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