Martin and Tidpit Downs is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of

Fordingbridge Fordingbridge is a town and broader civil parish with a population of 6,000 on the River Avon in the New Forest District of Hampshire, England, near the Dorset and Wiltshire borders and on the edge of the New Forest, famed for its late mediev ...

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. Martin Down is a national nature reserve and an area of is a ''

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'' site, Grade I.

Bokerley Dyke Bokerley Dyke (or Bokerley Ditch) is a linear earthwork long in Hampshire, between Woodyates and Martin. It is a Scheduled Monument. It is also spelt Bokerly Dyke. Bokerley Dyke was excavated by Augustus Pitt Rivers between 1888 and 1891 and b ...

, a prehistoric linear earthwork and

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, runs through the site. This site is rich in prehistoric earthworks, including

. It has chalk grassland, heath and scrub, with a rich herb flora. Sheep grazing is increasing the botanical quality of the grassland. There is an outstanding assemblage of butterflies, with 36 species recorded, including marbled white, dark green fritillary, silver-spotted skipper and

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{{SSSIs Hampshire Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire