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\"Chalkhill<\/p>\n

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Chalkhill Blue (male), Badbury Rings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

A superb area of chalk down that has survived largely unchanged for over two thousand years. The Iron Age hill fort stands 100m high with 3 sets of ditches and ramparts. The ditches and slopes have created a range of habitats ranging from the more exposed to the very warm and sheltered. In Spring and early summer the site contains a wide range of Orchids<\/a> including many of the rarer species. In Summer the sheer quantity of Butterflies and other insects amongst the flower rich downs is staggering.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Chalkhill<\/p>\n

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Chalkhill Blue on a seedhead.<\/td>\n

\"Herb<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Restricted to the chalk downs of southern England in common with the related Large Blue<\/a> its lifecycle is entirely dependent upon being raised by ants.<\/td>\nHerb rich chalk downs on the ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Marbled<\/p>\n

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Marbled White on Hawkbit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Another butterfly associated with unimproved grassland. Again largely confined to southern England.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Chalk<\/td>\n\"Rampart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Western, outer rampart in summer.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Rampart and ditch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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