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Wasing Wood Ponds

Coordinates: 51°21′58″N 1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W / 51.366; -1.168
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Wasing Wood Ponds
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Wasing Wood Ponds is located in Berkshire
Wasing Wood Ponds
Location within Berkshire
LocationBerkshire
Grid referenceSU 580 633[1]
Coordinates51°21′58″N 1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W / 51.366; -1.168
InterestBiological
Area13.5 hectares (33 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic 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

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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

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The site has the following animals[3][4]

Invertebrates

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Flora

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The site has the following Flora:[4]

Trees

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Wasing Wood Ponds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Wasing Wood Ponds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Wasing Wood Ponds citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 15 March 2017.