Pitstone Hill, on the Ridgeway Path is a superb chalk grassland on the edge of the Chiltern escarpment on the Hertfordshire/Buckinghamshire border just south-west of Ivinghoe Beacon. It is an excellent site for butterflies including Chalkhill Blue and grassland flowers such as Autumn Gentian (Felwort). The occasional Ring Ouzel and Whinchat turns upon migration and the area is good for farmland birds such as Corn Bunting, Yellowhammer and sometimes calling Quail in the summer. Pitstone Hill, once the site of an ancient village or settlement is also an interesting archaeological site.
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