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| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
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| Area of Search | Berkshire |
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| 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.
Contents
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