Park Farm Down or Parkfarm Down is a biological

Site of Special Scientific Interest A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...

north-west of Lambourn in

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

. It is in the

North Wessex Downs The North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is located in the English counties of Berkshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The name ''North Wessex Downs'' is not a traditional one, the area covered being better kno ...

, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Geography

The site features an area of scattered

sarsen Sarsen stones are silicified sandstone blocks found in quantity in Southern England on Salisbury Plain and the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire; in Kent; and in smaller quantities in Berkshire, Essex, Oxfordshire, Dorset, and Hampshire. Geology ...

stones which are now extremely rare on the Berkshire Downs.

Fauna

The site has the following Fauna:

Lychens

Buellia saxorum ''Buellia saxorum'' is a species of crustose lichen belonging to the family Physciaceae The Physciaceae are a family of mostly lichen-forming fungi belonging to the class Lecanoromycetes in the division Ascomycota. A 2016 estimate placed 19 ...

Candelariella coralliza ''Candelariella coralliza'' is a species of fungus belonging to the family Candelariaceae. Synonym: * ''Lecanora coralliza'' Nyl., 1875 (= basionym In the scientific name of organisms, basionym or basyonym means the original name on which a new ...

Ramalina siliquosa ''Ramalina siliquosa'', also known as sea ivory, is a tufted and branched lichen which is widely found on siliceous rock (geology), rocks and stone walls on coastlands round the British Isles, occasionally slightly inland. It grows well above th ...

References

{{SSSIs Berks Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire Lambourn