Brush Hill Local Nature Reserve

For other uses, see Brush Hill (disambiguation).

Brush Hill is a 14.7 hectares (36 acres) Local Nature Reserve east of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire.[1][2] It has been managed since 2013 by the Chiltern Society,[3] and it is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

Habitats on the site are chalk grassland, woodland and scrub. Flora include wood anemone and wood sorrel, and there are birds such as nuthatches and treecreepers.[1] At the top of the hill there is ancient woodland with oak, Scots pine and larch. The grassland is grazed by sheep between October and March.[5]

There is access from Peters Lane, which divides Brush Hill from Whiteleaf Hill Local Nature Reserve.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Brush Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Map of Brush Hill". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  3. ^ "About Brush Hill". Chiltern Society. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Brush Hill Wildlife Walks". Chilterns Conservation Board. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Brush Hill Wildlife". Chiltern Society. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2015.