Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

51°21′54″N 0°59′13″W / 51.365°N 0.987°W / 51.365; -0.987InterestBiologicalArea11.8 hectares (29 acres)[1]Notification1987[1]Location mapMagic Map

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a 11.8-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire.[1][2] It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) stretch of the River Loddon between Stanford End and Sheep Bridge north-west of Swallowfield.[3]

The mill was built in early Victorian times on the Stratfield Saye estate.[4]

Fauna

The site has the following animals[3]

Mammals

  • European water vole

Birds

  • Little grebe
  • Moorhen
  • Coot
  • Mute swan
  • Common kingfisher

Invertebrates

  • Pisidium moitessierianum
  • Pisidium tenuilineatum
  • Vertigo antivertigo
  • Vertigo moulinsiana

Flora

The site has the following Flora:[3]

Trees

  • Alder
  • Salix alba
  • Fraxinus
  • Quercus robur

Plants

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Stanford End Mill and River Loddon". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Map of Stanford End Mill and River Loddon". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Stanford End Mill and River Loddon citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  4. ^ Water Mills on the Thames and Loddon, Wargrave Local History Society, May 2015
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