Dabble Bank
| Dabble Bank | |
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
| Country | England |
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| Region | North East |
| District | Easington |
| Location | NZ364434 |
| - coordinates | 54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W / 54.78472°N 1.43472°WCoordinates: 54°47′5″N 1°26′5″W / 54.78472°N 1.43472°W |
| Area | 4.12 ha (10.18 acres) |
| Notification | 2002 |
| Management | Natural England |
| Area of Search | County Durham |
| Interest | Biological |
.png)  Location of Dabble Bank SSSI, Co Durham
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| Website: Map of site | |
Dabble Bank is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Easington district of County Durham, England. It lies about 1 km west of the village of Haswell and about 9 km east of the city of Durham.
The site is important for its communities of nationally scarce grassland on Magnesian Limestone and in particular for its unusual location, in a small valley cut into the limestone plateau.[1]
A feature of the site is grassland characterised by downy oat-grass, Avenula pubescens, this being a vegetation type which nationally has a scattered distribution on lowland limestones and which is rare in County Durham. Among the species found is the pyramidal orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis, which is rare in the county.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dabble Bank". English Nature. 2002. Retrieved 20 July 2010.