The Mens

The Mens
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location of The Mens.
Area of searchWest Sussex
Grid referenceTQ 024 236
InterestBiological
Area205.2 hectares (507 acres)
Notification date1986
Location mapMagic Map

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

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.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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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