The Mens

The MensSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location| West Sussex
Grid reference| TQ 024 236[1]
Interest| Biological
Area| 205.2 hectares (507 acres)[1]
Notification| 1986[1]
Location map| Magic Map

The Mens is a 205.2-hectare (507-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Billingshurst in West Sussex.[1][2] It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I[3] and a Special Area of Conservation.[4] An area of 166 hectares (410 acres) south of the A272 road is managed as a nature reserve by the Sussex Wildlife Trust.[5]

This large area of woodland has diverse breeding birds and rich lichen and fungal floras. There are many rare beetles and a fly which is endangered with extinction, Chelostoma curvinervis. All three British species of woodpecker breed on the site, together with other woodland species such as nightingales, woodcocks and wood warblers.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: The Mens". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
2. ^ "Map of The Mens". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
3. ^ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2\. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. pp. 48–49\. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
4. ^ "Designated Sites View: The Mens". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
5. ^ "The Mens". Sussex Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
6. ^ "The Mens citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in West Sussex

Biological|

* Adur Estuary
* Amberley Mount to Sullington Hill
* Amberley Wild Brooks
* Ambersham Common
* Arun Banks
* Arundel Park
* Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
* Bognor Reef
* Bracklesham Bay
* Buchan Hill Ponds
* Burton Park
* Chanctonbury Hill
* Chapel Common
* Chichester Harbour
* Chiddingfold Forest
* Cissbury Ring
* Clayton to Offham Escarpment
* Climping Beach
* Coates Castle
* Cow Wood and Harry's Wood
* Duncton to Bignor Escarpment
* East Dean Park Wood
* Ebernoe Common
* Fairmile Bottom
* Forest Mere
* Fyning Moor
* Halnaker Chalk Pit
* Harting Downs
* Heyshott Down
* House Copse
* Hurston Warren
* Iping Common
* Kingley Vale
* Lavington Common
* Levin Down
* The Mens
* Mills Rocks
* Northpark Copse to Snapelands Copse
* Pads Wood
* Pagham Harbour
* Parham Park
* Pulborough Brooks
* Rake Hanger
* Rook Clift
* Shillinglee Lake
* Singleton and Cocking Tunnels
* St Leonard's Forest
* St Leonard's Park Ponds
* Sullington Warren
* Treyford to Bepton Down
* Upper Arun
* Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
* Waltham Brooks
* West Dean Woods
* West Harting Down
* Wolstonbury Hill
* Woolbeding and Pound Commons
* Woolmer Forest
* Worth Forest

Geological|

* Beeding Hill to Newtimber Hill
* Bognor Common Quarry
* Bognor Reef
* Bracklesham Bay
* Chantry Mill
* Chichester Harbour
* Coneyhurst Cutting
* Coppedhall Hanger
* Eartham Pit, Boxgrove
* Felpham
* Freshfield Lane
* Horton Clay Pit
* Marehill Quarry
* Pagham Harbour
* Park Farm Cutting
* Perry Copse Outcrop
* Philpot's and Hook Quarries
* Selsey, East Beach
* Slinfold Stream and Quarry
* Stone Hill Rocks
* Turners Hill
* Wakehurst and Chiddingly Woods
* Warnham
* West Hoathly

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Sussex Wildlife Trust

Brighton and Hove|

* Withdean and Westdene Woods

Chichester|

* Burton and Chingford Ponds
* Cooksbridge Meadow
* Ebernoe Common
* Graffham Common
* Iping and Stedham Commons
* Levin Down
* The Mens
* Waltham Brooks
* West Dean Woods

Hastings|

* Filsham Reedbed
* Marline Valley

Horsham|

* Amberley Wildbrooks
* Woods Mill

Lewes|

* Ditchling Beacon
* Malling Down
* Seaford Head
* Southerham Farm

Rother|

* Flatropers Wood
* Gillham Wood
* Rye Harbour

Wealden|

* Brickfield Meadow
* Eridge Rocks
* Old Lodge
* Pevensey Marshes
* Selwyns Wood

51°00′11″N 0°32′31″W﻿ / ﻿51.003°N 0.542°W﻿ / 51.003; -0.542
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