Bix Bottom

Bix BottomSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| Oxfordshire
Grid reference| SU 716 879[1]
Interest| Biological
Area| 102.3 hectares (253 acres)[1]
Notification| 1986[1]
Location map| Magic Map

Bix Bottom is a 102.3-hectare (253-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is owned and managed as Warburg Nature Reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[3]

This site has ancient woods which are shown on a map of 1786, together with areas of grassy clearings and scrub. More than 500 species of vascular plant have been recorded, including 18 orchids and the rare meadow clary, which is listed in the British Red Data Book of Plants. There are more than 75 bird species and 650 fungi, including many which are nationally rare.[4]

The site is open to the public.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Bix Bottom". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
2. ^ "Map of Bix Bottom". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
3. ^ a b "Warburg Nature Reserve". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
4. ^ "Bix Bottom citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

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Coordinates: 51°35′06″N 0°58′05″W﻿ / ﻿51.585°N 0.968°W﻿ / 51.585; -0.968

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Oxfordshire

Biological|

* Alvescot Meadows
* Appleton Lower Common
* Ardley Cutting and Quarry
* Arncott Bridge Meadows
* Ashdown Park
* Aston Rowant
* Aston Rowant Woods
* Aston Upthorpe Downs
* Barrow Farm Fen
* Bear, Oveys and Great Bottom Woods
* Berins Hill Bank
* Berrick Trench
* Bestmoor
* Bix Bottom
* Blenheim Park
* Bould Wood
* Brasenose Wood and Shotover Hill
* Buckland Warren
* Cassington Meadows
* Chimney Meadows
* Chinnor Hill
* Cothill Fen
* Culham Brake
* Dry Sandford Pit
* Ducklington Mead
* Fernham Meadows
* Frilford Heath, Ponds and Fens
* Glyme Valley
* Grafton Lock Meadow
* Hackpen, Warren & Gramp's Hill Downs
* Harpsden Wood
* Hartslock
* Holly Court Bank
* Holly Wood
* Holton Wood
* Hook Meadow and The Trap Grounds
* Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
* Hurst Hill
* Iffley Meadows
* Knightsbridge Lane
* Lambridge Wood
* Langley's Lane Meadow
* Little Tew Meadows
* Little Wittenham
* Lye Valley
* Middle Barton Fen
* Moulsford Downs
* Murcott Meadows
* New Marston Meadows
* Otmoor
* Out Wood
* Pishill Woods
* Pixey and Yarnton Meads
* Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green
* Reed Hill
* Rushy Meadows
* Salt Way, Ditchley
* Sarsgrove Wood
* Sheep's Banks
* Shirburn Hill
* Sidling's Copse and College Pond
* Spartum Fen
* Stanton Great Wood
* Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks
* Sturt Copse
* Swyncombe Downs
* Tuckmill Meadows
* Warren Bank
* Waterperry Wood
* Watlington and Pyrton Hills
* Wendlebury Meads and Mansmoor Closes
* Weston Fen
* Westwell Gorse
* Whitecross Green and Oriel Woods
* Whitehill Wood
* Whitehorse Hill
* Wolvercote Meadows
* Woodeaton Wood
* Wormsley Chalk Banks
* Worsham Lane
* Wychwood
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Geological|

* Ardley Cutting and Quarry
* Ardley Trackways
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* Chinnor Chalk Pit
* Cothill Fen
* Cumnor
* Ditchley Road Quarry
* Dry Sandford Pit
* Highlands Farm Pit
* Hook Norton Cutting and Banks
* Horsehay Quarries
* Hurst Hill
* Kirtlington Quarry
* Lamb and Flag Quarry
* Littlemore Railway Cutting
* Littleworth Brick Pit
* Long Hanborough Gravel Pit
* Lyehill Quarry
* Magdalen Grove
* Magdalen Quarry
* Neithrop Fields Cutting
* Priest's Hill
* Rock Edge
* Sharp's Hill Quarry
* Shellingford Crossroads Quarry
* Shipton-on-Cherwell and Whitehill Farm Quarries
* Stanton Harcourt
* Stonesfield Slate Mines
* Stratton Audley Quarries
* Sugworth
* Taynton Quarries
* Whitehorse Hill
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* Woodeaton Quarry

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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Berkshire|

| Bracknell Forest|

* Chawridge Bank
* Wildmoor Heath

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Slough|

* Haymill Valley

West Berkshire|

* Audrey's Meadow
* Avery's Pightle
* Bowdown Woods
* Bucklebury Common
* Decoy Heath
* Greenham and Crookham Commons
* Hosehill Lake
* Inkpen Common
* Inkpen Crocus Field
* Kintbury Newt Ponds
* Moor Copse
* Nature Discovery Centre
* Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve
* Paices Wood Country Parkland
* Rack Marsh
* Seven Barrows
* Snelsmore Common Country Park
* Sole Common Pond
* Thatcham Reed Beds
* Watts Bank
* Wokefield Common

Windsor and Maidenhead|

* Hurley Chalk Pit

Wokingham|

* Loddon Nature Reserve
* Shepperlands Farm

Buckinghamshire|

| Aylesbury Vale|

* Aston Clinton Ragpits
* Bernwood Meadows
* Calvert Jubilee
* College Lake
* Dancersend with Pavis Woods
* Finemere Wood
* Foxcote Reservoir
* Hog and Hollowhill Woods
* Pilch Fields
* Rushbeds Wood
* Upper Ray Meadows
* Weston Turville Reservoir
* Yoesden

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Chiltern|

* Long Grove Wood

Milton Keynes|

* Little Linford Wood

Wycombe|

* Bacombe Hill
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* Grangelands and The Rifle Range
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* Millfield Wood

Oxfordshire|

| Cherwell|

* Ardley Wood Quarry
* Asham Meads
* Hook Norton Cutting
* Lamb's Pool
* Oxey Mead
* Whitecross Green Wood
* Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool
* Woodsides Meadow

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Oxford|

* CS Lewis Nature Reserve
* Iffley Meadows

South Oxfordshire|

* Chinnor Hill
* Cholsey Marsh
* Hartslock
* Oakley Hill
* Sydlings Copse
* Warren Bank
* Wells Farm

Vale of White Horse|

* Dry Sandford Pit
* Hitchcopse Pit
* Lashford Lane Fen
* Letcombe Valley
* Parsonage Moor
* Tuckmill Meadow
* Warburg Nature Reserve

West Oxfordshire|

* Blenheim Farm
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