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Highlights: Breeding birds include spotted flycatcher, pied wagtail, tawny owl, four species of warblers and five species of finches. Sun-loving butterflies, such as wall, common blue and small copper, and many bumble-bees frequent the warm, south-facing slope. Location and Access: The quarry lies on the north side of the Claxby–Willoughby road near the top of the hill to the east of Claxby village, and about 1 km (0.6 miles) from Hoplands Wood. Parking space is available at the entrance or on the roadside. The cliff face and scree should not be climbed, and care must be taken not to trample vegetation unnecessarily in summer. Beware also of exposed lime kilns.
Grid reference: TF 452716
Mill Hill Quarry Nature Reserve
Near to the eastern edge of the Wolds on a steep valley slope, the reserve consists of a disused chalk pit and a spinney. Already in use by the mid-18th century, the quarry produced stone for the marshland roads and, later, agricultural lime until work ceased in the late 1950s. Two old lime kilns survive, one of which is in particularly good condition. The cliff face at the north end shows the Middle and Lower Chalk with an intervening band of grey marl. The most abundant fossil is the bivalve mollusc Inoceramus, which has a strongly ribbed shell.Highlights: Breeding birds include spotted flycatcher, pied wagtail, tawny owl, four species of warblers and five species of finches. Sun-loving butterflies, such as wall, common blue and small copper, and many bumble-bees frequent the warm, south-facing slope. Location and Access: The quarry lies on the north side of the Claxby–Willoughby road near the top of the hill to the east of Claxby village, and about 1 km (0.6 miles) from Hoplands Wood. Parking space is available at the entrance or on the roadside. The cliff face and scree should not be climbed, and care must be taken not to trample vegetation unnecessarily in summer. Beware also of exposed lime kilns.
Grid reference: TF 452716
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