| Southill Lake and Woods | |
| Aos: | Bedfordshire |
| Interest: | Biological |
| Area: | 25.3 hectares |
| Notifydate: | 1985 |
| Map: | Magic Map |
Southill Lake and Woods is a 25.3hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Southill in Bedfordshire.[1] [2] It is part of Southill Park, which was designed by Capability Brown, and is registered by English Heritage for its special historic interest, and is the garden of a house of the same name.
The wood is a wet valley of alder, fed by springs, and a small stream runs down to the lake. There is fen vegetation in more open areas. The lake has a characteristic population of breeding birds, and an island has one of only two surviving heronries in the county.[1]
The site is private and is not open to the public.