| There are thousands of orchids and other chalk downland flowers to see in June and July. |
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| The climate was temperate but windy, the terrain a mixture of downland, rocky hills and peat bogs. |
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| The trusts hope the new approach will help halt the decline in some UK species and habitats, such as Wiltshire's chalk downland. |
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| Butterfly Conservation supports the provision of alternative chalk downland at Magdalen Hill as it will extend the existing butterfly reserve. |
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| Surrounded by flower rich limestone downland, it is also a breeding site for many species of birds, insects and plants as well as amphibians. |
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| Until the end of the 18th century, Great Bustards were widely distributed in England on open chalk downland, grassy heaths and agricultural land. |
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| While it makes for hard work for cyclists, the downland provides spectacular scenery that equals that of the dales and fells up north. |
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| Not one, not two, but 2,300 varieties of Britain's favourite fruit grow here, all deliciously arranged across acres of russety Kentish downland. |
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| Chalk downland has several butterflies found nowhere else, and the chalkhill blue is one of these. |
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| The county is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and covers one of the largest expanses of chalk downland in southern England. |
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| The Adonis Blue is one of the most characteristic species of southern chalk downland, where it flies low over short-grazed turf. |
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| In the United Kingdom too, chalk downland, dry bog and hedgerows have been destroyed in the name of EU standardisation. |
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| Where seen: Dry, well-drained places on downland, heathland, sand dunes and mountain sides. |
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| Wiltshire is home to many historic attractions, including Stone-henge and the ancient stone circle at Avebury, as well as nature reserves, downland and woodland. |
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| The attractive rolling downland countryside of the Coalfield Parishes is a landscape rich in hedges and ancient woodlands. |
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| If spending some time in our downland villages, try hooking up with a local village footpath group. |
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| This is a traditional and natural method of maintaining chalk downland and it helps create a habitat which encourages wild flowers and butterflies. |
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| Almost 100,000 hectares of moor, heath and downland can be yomped across for the first time, and there are guided walks throughout this week to celebrate. |
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| The Act will open up the countryside further giving walkers the right to roam over much of the country's moorland, mountains, heath, downland and registered common land. |
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| Green space has also been allocated in the framework, which includes plans for a country park and resource centre near Worting Wood Farm, and restoration of chalk downland. |
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| In many chalk downland areas there is no surface water at all other than artificially created dewponds. |
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| The soil profile of chalk downland in England is a thin soil overlaying the parent chalk. |
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| Steep slopes on chalk downland develop a ribbed pattern of grass covered horizontal steps a foot or two high. |
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| In temperate regions chalk downland is typically calcareous grassland, a habitat formed by grazing from both livestock and wild animals. |
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| For this reason downland often survived uncultivated when other, more easily worked land was ploughed or reseeded. |
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| This shallow soil structure makes downland ecosystems extremely fragile and easy to destroy. |
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| Much remaining chalk downland has been protected against future development to preserve its unique biodiversity. |
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| Chalk hills, known as chalk downland, usually form where bands of chalk reach the surface at an angle, so forming a scarp slope. |
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| Ninety million years ago what is now the chalk downland of Northern Europe was ooze accumulating at the bottom of a great sea. |
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| Free downland and quick installation available. |
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| In Britain, there were numerous small quarries in downland areas where flint was removed for local use, for example. |
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| Water is not available on high downland paths, like The Ridgeway, though taps have been provided at some spots. |
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| West Sussex has a range of scenery, including wealden, downland and coastal. |
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| After all, this downland ridge is very much home turf for Toronado's veteran trainer, who landed running here – saddling his 65th and 66th career winners at this meeting in the first two races. |
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| The Duke of Richmond may still hold the deeds, but once again this enchanting downland spur has unmistakably been appropriated for the week by the same partnership. |
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| The neighbouring county of Dorset is an area of unspoilt and wonderfully varied rolling downland and heaths, hidden valleys, ancient field patterns, beaches and cliffs. |
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| The Purbeck Cycleway follows a 65km route starting from the ancient Saxon town of Wareham, passing through the Purbeck downland and heathland via the imposing Castle ruin and idyllic village of Corfe Castle. |
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| The wet and flat landscape of Romney Marsh provides a contrast to the dry downland hills around Folkestone, and is home to very different wildlife. |
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| This chalk downland species is very well adapted to its environment. The basal leaves are pressed down against the ground to avoid grazing animals and lawnmowers. |
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| Polesden Lacey is a yellow washed Regency villa, surrounded on all sides by beautiful gardens and standing in 600ha of downland and ancient woods. |
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| The ancient droveways of Sussex linked coastal and downland communities in the south with summer pasture land in the interior of the Weald. |
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| The east of the region is characterised by wide, flat clay vales and chalk and limestone downland. |
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| It is therefore usually associated with hills and downland, and occurs in regions with other sedimentary rocks, typically clays. |
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| Mediaeval strip parishes reflected the diversity of land from clay farmland, through wooded slopes to downland. |
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| Looking East, typical downland scenery in the Medway Gap, Ranscombe Farm, Cuxton, Medway. |
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| The range is one of the four main areas of chalk downland in southern England. |
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| The downland is an extremely popular recreational destination, particularly for walkers, horseriders and mountain bikers. |
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| Dew ponds, artificial ponds for watering livestock, are a characteristic feature on the downland. |
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| The landscape is principally granite moorland in the west, and chalk and limestone downland and clay vales in the east. |
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| The Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age people that occupied southern Britain built settlements on the hills and downland that cover Wiltshire. |
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| Between the areas of chalk and limestone downland are clay valleys and vales. |
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| The downland supports a calcareous grassland habitat, important for wild flowers and insects. |
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| Wiltshire is characterised by its high downland and wide valleys. |
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| In places, with the reduction of sheep grazing, action has been taken to maintain open downland by suppressing the natural growth of scrub and birch woodland. |
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| Before fog leaves the scrub-oak Or the grasses of the downland, Take dragonwort under the black alder, Take cockspur grass and henbane, The belladonna, the deadly nightshade. |
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| West Wight is predominantly rural, with dramatic coastlines dominated by the chalk downland ridge, running across the whole island and ending in the Needles stacks. |
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