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Holt Heath is a 4.88 square kilometre (2 square mile) National Nature Reserve situated four miles northeast of Wimborne Minster on the edge of the New Forest in east Dorset, England. The reserve includes dry and wet heathland, mire and ancient woodland, and is surrounded by similar habitat. The reserve is owned by the National Trust and managed in association with English Nature and the Dorset Wildlife Trust. The heath is one of the few places where all six native British reptile species occur.

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Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of surface area, the square metre, one of the SI derived units. 1 km² is equal to:
  • 1,000,000 m²
  • 100 ha (hectare)
Conversely:
  • 1 m² = 0.

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square mile is an imperial and US unit of area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. It should not be confused with the archaic miles square, which refers to the number of miles on each side squared.
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National Nature Reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance for biological or earth science interest.
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1 mile =
SI units
0 m 0 km
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0 ft 0 yd
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Wimborne Minster

Wimborne Minster ()
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Location Hampshire, United Kingdom
Nearest city Southampton
Coordinates
Area 571 km² (141,097 acres)
Established 1079
Total visitation 7.
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Dorset
Motto: Who's a'feard

Geography
Status Ceremonial & (smaller) Non-metropolitan county
Origin Historic
Region South West England
Area
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin.
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Motto
Dieu et mon droit   (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
No official anthem specific to England — the anthem of the United Kingdom is "God Save the Queen".
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Heaths are shrubland habitats characterised by open, low growing woody vegetation, found on mainly infertile acidic soils. In the latter respect they are similar to moorland, but they differ in terms of climate – heathland is generally warmer and drier than moorland –
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bog is a wetland type that accumulates acidic peat, a deposit of dead plant material. The term peat bog in common usage is not entirely redundant, although it would be proper to call these sphagnum bogs
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Ancient Woodland is a term used in the United Kingdom to refer specifically to woodland dating back to 1600 or before in England and Wales, (or 1750 in Scotland). Before this, planting of new woodland was uncommon, so a wood present in 1600 was likely to have developed naturally.
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National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Trust does not operate in Scotland, where there is an independent National Trust for Scotland.
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English Nature was the United Kingdom government agency that promoted the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild places throughout England between 1990 and 2006. It was a non-departmental public body funded by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and
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The Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) is a wildlife trust covering the county of Dorset, England. The Dorset Wildlife Trust was founded in 1961 to protect the wildlife and natural habitats of the county. The trust is based at Brooklands Farm, just north of Dorchester.
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Sauropsida*
Goodrich, 1916

Subclasses
  • Anapsida
  • Diapsida
Synonyms
  • Reptilia Laurenti, 1768
Reptiles are tetrapods and amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane, and members of the class
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