Kingston Escarpment and Iford Hill | |
Aos: | East Sussex |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 63.4ha |
Notifydate: | 1986 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Kingston Escarpment and Iford Hill is a 63.4abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Brighton in East Sussex.[1] [2]
These two areas of steeply sloping chalk grassland have a rich invertebrate fauna, including Adonis blue and small blue butterflies and the nationally rare and specially protected wart-biter grasshopper. The flora is also diverse with plants such as squinancywort, horseshoe vetch and eyebright.[3]