Wasing Wood Ponds Explained

Wasing Wood Ponds
Aos:	Berkshire
Interest:	Biological
Coordinates:	51.366°N -1.168°W
Area:	13.5ha
Notifydate:	1984
Map:	Magic Map

Wasing Wood Ponds is a 13.5abbr=offNaNabbr=off biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Aldermaston in Berkshire.^{[1] [2]}

The ponds are special for their range of Odonata.^[3]

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.^[3]

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^{[3] [4]}

Invertebrates

• Cordulia aenea
• Brilliant emerald
• Sympetrum sanguineum
• Erythromma najas

Flora

The site has the following Flora:^[4]

Trees

• Birch

Notes and References

1. Web site: Designated Sites View: Wasing Wood Ponds. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2019.
2. Web site: Map of Wasing Wood Ponds . Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2019.
3. Web site: Wasing Wood Ponds citation. Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. 19 November 2019.
4. Web site: Condition of SSSI Units for Site Wasing Wood Ponds SSSI . Natural England . 2017-03-15.