Sole Common Pond Explained

Sole Common Pond
Type:	Nature reserve
Grid Ref Uk:	SU411706
Location:	, Berkshire
Area:	3ha
Manager:	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Sole Common Pond is a 3abbr=offNaNabbr=off nature reserve south-west of Boxford in Berkshire in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.^[1]

It consists of a Sphagnum fringed pond, heath, wet woodland and a wildflower meadow.^[2]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^{[1] [3]}

Invertebrates

• Sympetrum danae
• Conocephalus fuscus
• Metrioptera roeselii
• Southern hawker
• Common darter
• Lestes sponsa
• Four-spotted chaser
• Large red damselfly
• Keeled skimmer

Birds

• Eurasian woodcock
• Wood warbler

Flora

The site has the following flora:^{[1] [2]}

Trees

• Birch

Plants

• Menyanthes trifoliata
• Polypodium vulgare
• Erica tetralix
• Calluna vulgaris
• Drosera rotundifolia
• Hypericum perforatum
• Sphagnum magellanicum
• Sphagnum capillifolium
• Sphagnum inundatum

Fungi

• Cantharellus cibarius
• Caloboletus calopus
• Russula nobilis

References

51.4334°N -1.4094°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sole Common Pond . Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust . 15 January 2020 . 2019-12-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191203164219/https://www.bbowt.org.uk/nature-reserves/sole-common-pond . live .
2. Web site: A History of Recording Bog Mosses in Berkshire with selected Site Descriptions . A.Sanders . 2017-04-16 . 2017-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072556/http://anthriscus.co.uk/fritillary/frit7/sphagnum.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Stephen Burch's Birding Website Dragonfly and Damselfly pics 2009 . Stephenburch.com . 2009-07-18 . 2017-04-16 . 2017-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170822181034/http://www.stephenburch.com/dragonflies/dragonflies2009.htm . live .