Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons is a 105.1-hectare (260-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Lindford in Hampshire.^[1][2] It is part of Wealden Heaths Phase II Special Protection Area for the Conservation of Wild Birds^[3] and Broxhead Common is a 41.8-hectare (103-acre) Local Nature Reserve owned and managed by Hampshire County Council.^[4][5] Part of the land area designated Broxhead and Kingsley Commons SSSI is owned by the Ministry of Defence.^[6]

Broxhead and Kingsley Commons

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Kingsley Common
Location	Hampshire
Grid reference	SU 800 377[1]
Interest	Biological
Area	105.1 hectares (260 acres)[1]
Notification	1993[1]
Location map	Magic Map

These commons have areas of heath, acid grassland, woodland and scrub. The site is one of the most important in southern Britain for lichens, with more than 25 terricolous species, and there are also three protected birds, 25 rare bees, wasps and ants, and the nationally rare sand lizard.^[7]