Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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]
The ponds are special for their range of Odonata. [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. [3]
It is in two different areas, which are private land, but a public footpath crosses one of them.
The site has the following animals [3] [4]
The site has the following Flora: [4]