Bishop Middleham Quarry (disused)
Introduction
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Bishop Middleham Quarry (disused)
Image: © Harry Wilson Taken: 18 Mar 2007
This quarry is an SSSI site managed by Durham Wildlife Trust. The underlying rock is magnesian limestone and specialist plants have colonised the thin soil. It is a breeding ground of the "Durham Argus" butterfly - a local race of the Brown Argus. In 2002 the site became famous when a pair of European Bee Eaters nested there and raised two young.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.688259
Longitude
-1.486667