Little Wittenham | |
Aos: | Oxfordshire |
Interest: | Biological |
Area: | 68.9ha |
Notifydate: | 2000 |
Map: | Magic Map |
Little Wittenham SSSI is a 68.9abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Didcot in Oxfordshire.[1] [2] It is also a Special Area of Conservation.[3]
This site, which is managed by the Earth Trust, consists of woods, grassland, scrub and ponds on the slope of a hill next to the River Thames. Flora include the nationally scarce greater dodder, and there is a rich assemblage of amphibians, including one of the largest populations in the country of the great crested newt, which is a priority species of the Biodiversity action plan.[4]