Arkley South Fields are a Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II, in Arkley in the London Borough of Barnet. It is an extensive area of set-aside agricultural fields with hedgerows and ditches. It is not of great botanical interest, and its conservation value lies in its breeding birds, especially skylarks, a declining species which is a priority under the UK Biodiversity Action Plan. It also supports breeding meadow pipits, kestrels, reed buntings, whitethroats, willow warblers and green woodpeckers.[1]
There is no public access, but going down Barnet Gate Lane from Barnet Road, it can be viewed after the last houses on the left.
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- ^ Hewlett, Jan; et al. (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. pp. 84–85. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.