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Kempley Daffodil Meadow

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Example of wild daffodils (Narcissus pseudonarcissus) in a meadow setting
Location within Gloucestershire
Location	Gloucestershire
Grid reference	SO676301
Coordinates	51°58′08″N 2°28′20″W / 51.968875°N 2.472297°W / 51.968875; -2.472297
Interest	Biological
Area	1.2hectare
Notification	1986
Natural England website

Kempley Daffodil Meadow (grid reference SO676301) is a 1.2-hectare (3.0-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1986.

The site is listed in the: 'Forest of Dean Local Plan Review' as a Key Wildlife Site (KWS).

Location and regional interest※

The site is one of a limited number of similar meadows. And woods in the——Dymock and Newent areas which support the flowering of wild daffodil. The meadows are unimproved neutral grassland.

Dymock Woods is a nearby Site of Scientific Interest and "supports flowering of wild daffodil," and there is a Daffodil Trail which incorporates a number of local nature reserves which support the "conservation of the species."

Flora and conservation※

Natural England, in its report of May 2011, reports the coverage and density of the flowering as being 75% of the whole field and between 40% and 60% cover. Other species recorded in the meadow are lesser celandine, common sorrel, cuckooflower and creeping buttercup. The presence of a significant number of bumblebees was noted.

References※

SSSI Source※

• Natural England SSSI information on the citation
• Natural England SSSI information on the Kempley Daffodil Meadow unit

External links※

• Natural England (SSSI information)

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