- Aldbury Nowers
Infobox SSSI
name=Aldbury Nowers
aos=Hertfordshire
interest=GBiological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|TL349165
area=19.7 hectares
notifydate=1990http://www.natureonthemap.org.uk/map.aspx?
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Aldbury Nowers (gbmapping|TL349165) is a 19.7
hectare (48.7 acre)Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest inDacorum .East Hertfordshire . The site was notified in 1990 under theWildlife and Countryside Act 1981 .cite web|url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005932.pdf|title=Aldbury Nowers|publisher=English Nature|accessdate=2006-02-21] The site, formerly known as "Duchie's Piece," comprises two areas of hillside, linked byThe Ridgeway . The site hosts the flowers ofchalk grassland and has butterfly habitats with several different species of butterfly including theHamearis lucina ,Theclinae and theEssex Skipper . The site contains large amounts of woodand and calcareous grassland.cite web|url=http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/herts/reserves/duchies%20piece.htm|title=Aldbury Nowers|publisher=Wildlife Trust|accessdate=2006-02-21]References
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