| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
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| 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]
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.[3]
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[3][4]
Invertebrates
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[4]
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.
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