Micheldever Spoil Heaps | |
Aos: | Hampshire |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 32.1ha |
Notifydate: | 1982 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Micheldever Spoil Heaps is a 32.1abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Micheldever in Hampshire.[1] [2]
This site is composed of spoil heaps from nineteenth-century railway construction, and it is described by Natural England as "of quite exceptional botanical importance". Most species have colonised the site from nearby, but some from a distance, and the plant assemblage is in a state of flux, with many rareties. There are large populations of fly orchids.[3]
The site is open to the public.[4]