Englemere Pond
Englemere Pond is a local nature reserve near North Ascot in Berkshire. The reserve is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).[1] The site is owned by Crown Estate and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.[2]
Geography
The nature reserve is situated south of North Ascot and is between Martins Heron railway station and Ascot railway station.[3] The reserve covers an area of 27.6 ha (68 acres).[4] The site features a shallow acidic lake and marsh land.[3]
History
The land for most of its recorded history has been part of a great Royal Hunting Forest that surrounded Windsor Castle.[4]
In 1990 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Bracknell Forest Borough Council.[2]
In August 2016 an unexploded old military shell was discovered in Englemere Pond and blown up in a controlled explosion by the police.[5]
Fauna
The fauna of the reserve include the following:[3][2][6][7]
Birds
- Little grebe
- Water rail
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Coal tit
- Long-tailed tit
- Goldcrest
- Nuthatch
- Treecreeper
- Jay
- Common reed bunting
- Common chiffchaff
- Eurasian blackcap
- Garden warbler
- Sedge warbler
- Eurasian reed warbler
- Spotted flycatcher
- Tawny owl
- Lesser redpoll
- Gadwall
- Northern shoveler
- Eurasian teal
- Sand martin
- Swallow
Invertebrates
- Hairy dragonfly
- Common hawker
- Golden-ringed dragonfly
- Libellula depressa
- Keeled skimmer
- Beautiful demoiselle
- Banded demoiselle
- Lestes sponsa
- Erythromma najas
- Large red damselfly
- Blue-tailed damselfly
- Enallagma cyathigerum
- Azure damselfly
- Southern Hawker
- Brown hawker
- Migrant Hawker
- Emperor dragonfly
- Downy emerald
- Brilliant emerald
- Black-tailed skimmer
- Four-spotted chaser
- Sympetrum danae
- Ruddy darter
- Common darter
Reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates
Flora
The flora of the reserve include the following:[8][6][3]
Trees
Other
External links
References
- ↑ "Adults, Family & Local Offer Directory | Englemere Pond - North Ascot". Directory.rbwm.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- 1 2 3 "Natural England - Special Sites". Lnr.naturalengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- 1 2 3 4 "Englemere Pond Nature Reserve leaflet" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- 1 2 "Englemere Pond: Parks to visit - Bracknell Forest Council". Bracknell-forest.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
- ↑ "Unexploded bomb found in Winkfield Row pond". Get Reading. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- 1 2 "Englemere Pond". Berksoc.org.uk. 2014-06-20. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
- ↑ "The Dragonflies in Bracknell Forest Borough: Overview for the Period 1993 to 2012" (PDF). John Ward-Smith. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Englemere Pond Woodland trust". woodland trust. Retrieved 2017-02-05.