Brush Hill Local Nature Reserve

{{other uses|Brush Hill (disambiguation)}}

{{Short description|Local nature reserve in Buckinghamshire, England}}

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Brush Hill is a {{convert|14.7|ha}} Local Nature Reserve east of Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire.{{cite web|url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=4&N=&ID=684|title=Brush Hill|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England|date=8 June 2015|accessdate=27 October 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003071607/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/Special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?C=4&N=&ID=684|archivedate=3 October 2015}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=lnrIndex&query=REF_CODE%3D%271009370%27|title=Map of Brush Hill|series=Local Nature Reserves|publisher=Natural England| accessdate= 27 October 2015}} It has been managed since 2013 by the Chiltern Society,{{cite web|url=http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/brushhill/about.php|title=About Brush Hill|publisher=Chiltern Society|accessdate=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130154/http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/brushhill/about.php|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} and it is part of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.{{cite web|url=http://www.chilternsaonb.org/ccbmaps/402/137/brush-hill-wildlife-walks.html|title=Brush Hill Wildlife Walks|publisher=Chilterns Conservation Board | accessdate= 27 October 2015}}

Habitats on the site are chalk grassland, woodland and scrub. Flora include wood anemone and wood sorrel, and there are birds such as nuthatches and treecreepers. At the top of the hill there is ancient woodland with oak, Scots pine and larch. The grassland is grazed by sheep between October and March.{{cite web|url=http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/brushhill/wildlife.php|title=Brush Hill Wildlife|publisher=Chiltern Society|accessdate=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131230/http://www.chilternsociety.org.uk/brushhill/wildlife.php#|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}

There is access from Peters Lane, which divides Brush Hill from Whiteleaf Hill Local Nature Reserve.

{{commons category|Brush Hill, Buckinghamshire|Brush Hill}}