Cothill Fen Explained

Cothill Fen
Aos:Oxfordshire
Interest:Biological
Geological
Area:43.4ha
Notifydate:1993
Map:Magic Map

Cothill Fen is a 43.3abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is a Special Area of Conservation[3] and parts of it are a Geological Conservation Review site,[4] a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1,[5] and a National Nature Reserve.[6] It also includes two areas which are nature reserves managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Lashford Lane Fen[7] and Parsonage Moor.[8]

This site has nationally rare calcareous fen and moss-rich mire habitats and a rich invertebrate fauna, including 25 species in the Red Data Book of Invertebrates. More than 330 vascular plants have been recorded. It is a nationally important site geologically because the sampling the peat gives a picture of the vegetation over the early Holocene, between 10,000 and 6,500 years ago.[9] [10]

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51.698°N -1.333°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 31 March 2020.
  2. Web site: Map of Cothill Fen. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 31 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen . Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. 26 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Cothill Fen (Quaternary of South Central England) . https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190808131328mp_/http://archive.jncc.gov.uk/default.aspx?page%3D4174%2526gcr%3D2884 . dead . August 8, 2019 . Geological Conservation Review . Joint Nature Conservation Committee . 26 February 2020 .
  5. Book: Derek Ratcliffe

    . Derek . Ratcliffe . A Nature Conservation Review. 2 . 208. Derek Ratcliffe . Cambridge University Press. Cambridge, UK . 1977. 0521-21403-3 .

  6. Web site: Designated Sites View: Cothill . National Nature Reserves. Natural England. 26 February 2020.
  7. Web site: Lashford Lane Fen . Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. 18 February 2016.
  8. Web site: Parsonage Moor . Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. 18 February 2016.
  9. Web site: Cothill Fen citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 1 April 2020.
  10. S. P.. Day. Post‐glacial vegetational history of the Oxford region. November 1991. New Phytologist. 119 . 3 . 445–470 . 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1991.tb00045.x . free.

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