Culver Down

Culver Down is a chalk down toward the north of Sandown, Isle of Wight. It is trusted that its name gets from "Culfre", or, in other words for pigeon. The down has an ordinary chalk downland natural life on the uncultivated zones for the most part the southern and eastern inclines. This incorporates plants, for example, Small Scabious, Harebell, Cowslip and Lady's Bedstraw. The chalk bluffs toward the north and east are essential settling places for seabirds. Generally, Culver has been the wellspring of business winged animal's egg gathering from ropes over the bluff. It was likewise known for rearing peregrine birds of prey, and additionally reproducing Common Woodpigeons Culvers, the wellspring of the bluff's name.

The northern side is seriously nibbled by dairy cattle, so treatment and poaching of the dirt, also a spell as an artillery training ground, have everything except wiped out the common chalk environment. There are a few memorable military highlights on the down, ious private abodes, the Culver Haven bar, and the extremely noticeable Monument. The military sleeping enclosure which once appended the landmark has been totally d, however there is a significant post, now under the responsibility for National Trust and periodically opened to general society.