Saddington Reservoir
Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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Area of Search | Leicestershire |
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Grid reference | SP 663 910 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 19.1 hectares (47 acres)[1] |
Notification | 1999[1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Saddington Reservoir is a 19.1 hectares (47 acres) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Saddington in Leicestershire.[1][2]
The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as Carabus monilis, Atheta basicornis, Eledona agricola and Gyrophaena lucidula.[3]
There is public access to the site.
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Saddington Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ "Map of Saddington Reservoir". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
- ↑ "Saddington Reservoir citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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