A great view of the quarry from the top.
A hidden gem
Hidden behind the imposing, but now peaceful, chalkpits at Chinnor, Oakley Hill is made up of old downland, scrub and beech woodland.
Rare grassland
Chalk grassland like this - once common along the escarpment - is now rare due to a decline in grazing and invasion by scrub, but BBOWT is looking after this rarity by using traditional methods.
Chalk soil specialists
Wild flowers such as Chiltern gentian, wild thyme, chalkhill eyebright, clustered bellflower, pyramidal orchid and yellow-wort thrive in this poor soil.
Wayfaring-trees, often found around chalk grasslands, display clusters of creamy white flowers in spring. In late summer, butterflies, such as the comma, drink juices from their ripe berries.
There are a few remaining juniper plants here. Once a dependable early coloniser of open grassland, juniper is now uncommon in the Chilterns