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A close up of mixed wildflowers growing at Polhill reserve

A guide to chalk downland species: From plants to reptiles

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Chalk grassland – also known as chalk downland or lowland calcareous grassland – is an increasingly rare habitat and one of the richest in Western Europe. In England, it’s mostly found on the North Downs but there are also patches scattered along the East Kent coast.