Puxton Moor

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Puxton Moor
Area of Search Avon
Grid Reference ST412630
Interest Biological
Area 31.07 hectare
Notification 1994
Location Map English Nature

Puxton Moor (grid reference ST412630) is a 31.07 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the North Somerset Levels,near Puxton, North Somerset, notified in 1994. It is a large area of pasture land networked with species-rich rhynes, now owned and managed as a nature reserve by Avon Wildlife Trust.

The rhynes contain rare plants such as Frogbit and Rootless Duckweed, along with many scarce invertebrates such as the Hairy Dragonfly and Water Scorpion. Birds seen at the site include; Skylark, Reed, Sedge Warblers, Whimbrel, Whitethroat and Reed Bunting.[1]

The site also contains a relict roman landscape which is evident in many of the fields. Medieval earthworks are also present.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Puxton Moor. Reserves. Avon Wildlife Trust. Retrieved on 2008-06-04.

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The North Somerset Levels
The towns and villages: Congresbury | Kenn | Kingston Seymour | Puxton | Yatton
SSSIs: Biddle Street, Yatton | Puxton Moor | Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors | Yanal Bog
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Biological Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Avon
Ashton Court • Avon Gorge • Banwell Caves • Biddle Street, Yatton • Bishop's Hill Wood • Blagdon Lake • Bodkin Hazel Wood • Brockley Hall Stables • Brown's Folly • Burledge Sidelands and Meadows • Burrington Combe • Chew Valley Lake • Cleaves Wood • Cleeve Wood, Hanham • Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines • Compton Martin Ochre Mine • Congrove Field and The Tumps • Dolebury Warren • Ellenborough Park West • Folly Farm • Goblin Combe • Gordano Valley • Harptree Combe • Hawkesbury Meadow • Hinton Charterhouse Field • Horseshoe Bend, Shirehampton • Iford Manor • King's Wood and Urchin Wood • Long Dole Wood and Meadows • Lower Woods • Max Bog • Middle Hope • Midger • Monkswood Valley • Plaster's Green Meadows • Purn Hill • Puxton Moor • Severn Estuary • Shiplate Slait • St. Catherine's Valley • Steep Holm • Tickenham, Nailsea and Kenn Moors • Uphill Cliff • Upton Coombe • Walton Common • Weston Big Wood  • Yanal Bog


Neighbouring areas: Gloucestershire • Somerset • Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51.36301° N 2.84595° W