Burcombe Down (grid reference SU064295 ) is an area of chalk grassland situated on a north-facing scarp slope to the south of Burcombe in Wiltshire, England. Because of its species-rich plant communities, an area of 47.1 hectares (116 acres) of the Down has been notified as a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notification originally taking place in 1971.
Coordinates: 51°03′53″N1°54′36″W / 51.06480°N 1.91004°W
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Blackmoor Copse is a woodland in southeast Wiltshire, England, managed as a nature reserve by the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. The copse lies within Pitton and Farley parish, about 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) east of Salisbury.
Baverstock Juniper Bank is a 2.6 hectare Biological Site of Special Scientific Interest to the north of the village of Baverstock in Wiltshire, England. Baverstock Juniper Bank is within the Cranborne Chase and West Wiltshire Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The ungrazed chalk grassland is home to over 500 bushes of the lowland juniper, Juniperus communis, subspecies communis. Their seeds attract flocks of finches and yellowhammers to the location as a feeding site in winter. Uncommon species such a horseshoe vetch and pyramidal orchid are to be found at the SSSI. Butterflies such as the brimstone, speckled wood and small heath have been seen visiting the site.
Bincknoll Dip Woods is a woodland in Wiltshire, England.
Throope Down is a 34.4 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, on chalk grassland in Bishopstone parish south-east of Salisbury. The site was notified in 1971 and again in 1986.
Botley Down is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1989.
Odstock Down is a 12.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, above the village of Odstock. It was notified in 1975.
Britford Water Meadows is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest at Britford, south of Salisbury in Wiltshire. It has an area of 45 acres (18 ha) and was notified in 1975.
Brickworth Down and Dean Hill is a 118.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1951.
Clearbury Down is a 13.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England. It is above the village of Charlton-All-Saints in the parish of Downton, south of Salisbury.
Cockey Down is a 15.2 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, notified in 1971.
Ebsbury Down is a 132-acre (53 ha) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1975.
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The River Nadder is a tributary of the River Avon, flowing in south Wiltshire, England.
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Holies Down is a 5.6-hectare (14-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Streatley in Berkshire. It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and it is part of Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down, three adjacent National Trust properties.
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Porton Down SSSI is a 1,559-hectare (3,850-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border of Hampshire and Wiltshire. It is adjacent to Porton Down science park near Porton and much of it is Ministry of Defence property which is closed to the public. It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I, a Special Area of Conservation and a Special Protection Area.