Stanford End Mill and River Loddon facts for kids
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| Area of Search | Berkshire |
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| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 11.8 hectares (29 acres) |
| Notification | 1987 |
| Location map | Magic Map |
Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a 11.8-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire. It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) stretch of the River Loddon between Stanford End and Sheep Bridge north-west of Swallowfield.
The mill was built in early Victorian times on the Stratfield Saye estate.
Fauna
The site has the following animals
Mammals
- European water vole
Birds
- Little grebe
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Mute swan
- Common kingfisher
Invertebrates
- Pisidium moitessierianum
- Pisidium tenuilineatum
- Vertigo antivertigo
- Vertigo moulinsiana
Flora
The site has the following Flora:
Trees
Plants
- Fritillaria meleagris
- Potamogeton nodosus
- Alopecurus pratensis
- Holcus lanatus
- Ranunculus acris
- Rumex acetosa
- Plantago lanceolata
- Centaurea nigra
- Rhinanthus minor
- Silaum silaus
- Ophioglossum vulgatum
- Carex disticha
- Carex panicea
- Cardamine pratensis
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Oenanthe fistulosa
- Potamogeton pectinatus
- Nuphar lutea
- Sagitarria sagittifolia
- Schoenoplectus lacustris
- Sparganium erectum
- Epilobium hirsutum
- Eupatorium cannabinum
- Symphytum officinale
- Lythrum salicaria
- Filipendula ulmaria
- Petasites hybridus
- Myosotis scorpioides
- Myosoton aquaticum
- Nasturtium officinale
- Urtica dioica
- Dipsacus fullonum
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