Draycott Sleights
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Draycott Sleights is a 61.95 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Draycott in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, notified in 1987. The name is pronounced locally as "Slates", presumably a variation on the Saxon word Slade meaning amongst other things hillside, rather than in the same manner as the Yorkshire place of the same spelling. ()
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Wildlife
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Silver-studded blue
The silver-studded blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This eye-catching butterfly has bright blue wings rimmed in black with white edges and silver spots on its hindwings...
Insects
Small blue
The small blue is a Palearctic butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Despite its common name, it is not particularly blue. The male has some bluish suffusion at the base of its upper wings...
Insects
Bombylius
Bombylius is a large genus of flies belonging to the family Bombyliidae. They are known as the bee-flies, due to their striking resemblance to bees and bumblebees, and are distributed...
Insects
Adonis blue
The Adonis blue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone. It is found in chalk downland, in warm sheltered spots, flying low over vegetation, seeking...
Insects
Myrmica schencki
Myrmica schencki is a species of ant in the genus Myrmica.
Insects
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