Wasing Wood Ponds
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
.jpg) | |
  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | SU 580 633[1] |
| Coordinates | 51°21′58″N 1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 13.5 hectares (33 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1984[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Wasing Wood Ponds is a 13.5-hectare (33-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Aldermaston in Berkshire.[1][2]
The ponds are special for their range of Odonata.[3]
Geography
[edit]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.[3]
It is in two different areas, which are private land, but a public footpath crosses one of them.
Fauna
[edit]The site has the following animals[3][4]
Invertebrates
[edit]Flora
[edit]The site has the following Flora:[4]
Trees
[edit]References
[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wasing Wood Ponds.
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Wasing Wood Ponds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ "Map of Wasing Wood Ponds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b c "Wasing Wood Ponds citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
