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