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Northern Gateway and Oxford Meadows SSSI/SAC, by Judy Webb

Northern Gateway and Oxford Meadows SSSI/SAC, by Judy Webb. http://judithwebb.weebly.com/. Migrant waders over winter floods on Port Meadow, photo: Alison McDonald. Oxford Meadows SSSIs and SAC. Pixey and Yarnton meads SSSI (includes Oxey mead) [in Cherwell]. Haymeadows

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Northern Gateway and Oxford Meadows SSSI/SAC, by Judy Webb

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  1. Northern Gateway and Oxford Meadows SSSI/SAC, by Judy Webb http://judithwebb.weebly.com/ Migrant waders over winter floods on Port Meadow, photo: Alison McDonald

  2. Oxford Meadows SSSIs and SAC • Pixey and Yarnton meads SSSI (includes Oxey mead) [in Cherwell]. Haymeadows • Wolvercote meadows SSSI [in City] haymeadows • Cassington Meadows SSSI [in West Oxon] haymeadows • Port Meadow with Wolvercote Common and Green SSSI grazing meadow and marsh [in city] Note Wolv. Green not part of SAC Habitats Regulations Assessment Conclusion: ‘it is considered highly unlikely that the development will have an adverse effect on the integrity of the SAC.’ What is the integrity of the SAC??

  3. This is Oxford Meadows Special Area of Conservation SAC

  4. Shiplake Ditch separates Port Meadow from Wolvercote common

  5. Port Meadow Floods, Jan 2014 from the north photo by permission of ‘Air Experiences’

  6. Port Meadow flowers, from common to very rare Cuckoo flower, dandelions, bird’s foot trefoil and few cowslips

  7. Marsh Arrow grass, Triglochin palustre, arrow shaped seedheads Round fruited rush, Juncus compressus Tubular water –dropwort Oenanthe fistulosa

  8. The very rare – Creeping Marshwort, Apium repens This small plant is the only reason Port Meadow has SAC status!

  9. Port Meadow important fungi, NW area Toasted waxcap, Hygrocybe colemanniana, parrot waxcapHygrocybe psittacinaand lead grey puffball Bovistaplumbea Meadow coral Clavulinopsis corniculata, golden spindles Clavulinopsis helvola and oily waxcap Hygrocybe quieta

  10. The Haymeadows, flora & fauna

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