The Drift - nr. Wyville, Lincolnshire
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N 52° 50.816 W 000° 42.668
30U E 654138 N 5857698
Flora & Fauna information signs in 'The Drift' near Wyville. The Drift is part of the Viking Way long distance trail.
Waymark Code: WM10B05
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/04/2019
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Flora & Fauna information signs in 'The Drift' near Wyville. The Drift is part of the Viking Way long distance trail.
This SSSI contains some of the rarest wildflower rich limestone grassland in the country, supporting at least 10 species of butterfly, as well as brown hare and several declining species of birds such as skylark, corn bunting and linnet.
There are also a huge variety of flowering plants, many are very scarce locally.
"King Lud's Entrenchments and The Drift is a 23.9 hectares (59 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest which straddles the border between Lincolnshire and Leicestershire, and is east of Croxton Kerrial. King Lud's Entrenchments is a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
This site has limestone grassland with tor-grass, cock's foot, crested dog's-tail and red fescue. Herbs include salad burnet, field scabious, germander speedwell and perforate St John's-wort, and there is also some broad-leaved semi-natural woodland.
There is access to the site and The Drift is part of the Viking Way long distance trail. "
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