Wasing Wood Ponds

Wasing Wood Ponds is a site of Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). the ponds are in Wasing Wood on the edge of Wasing in Berkshire.[1] The ponds are special for their range of Odonata.[2]

Geography

Wasing Wood Ponds covers an area of 13.5 hectares.[3] The site is a group of ponds, wet ditches and marshy areas partly in the Woods and partly on open ground formerly excavated for gravel.[2]

History

The wood was classed in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3]


Fauna

The site has the following animals[2][4]

Invertebrates


Flora

The site has the following Flora:[4]

Trees


References

  1. ↑ Magic Map Application
  2. 1 2 3 "SITE NAME: WASING WOOD PONDS" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. 1 2 "Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  4. 1 2 "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
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