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Wasing Wood Ponds

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 580 633
Coordinates	51°21′58″N 1°10′05″W / 51.366°N 1.168°W / 51.366; -1.168
Interest	Biological
Area	13.5 hectares (33 acres)
Notification	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

• Cordulia aenea
• Brilliant emerald
• Sympetrum sanguineum
• Erythromma najas

Flora

The site has the following Flora:

Trees

• Birch

References

1. ^ "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. ^ "Wasing Wood Ponds citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
4. ^ "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI". Natural England. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

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