Thatcham Reed Beds
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Thatcham Reed Beds is a 66.9 hectare (165.3 acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in the civil parish of Thatcham in the English county of Berkshire, notified in 1974.
Located at grid reference SU507665, Thatcham Reed Beds is important nationally for its extensive reedbed, species rich alder woodland and fen habitats. The latter supports Desmoulin's whorl snail (Vertigo moulinsiana), which is of national and European importance. A large assemblage of breeding birds including nationally rare species such as Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) is also associated with the reedbed, fen and open water habitats found at Thatcham Reed Beds.[1]
Thatcham's network of gravel pits, reedbed, woodland, hedges and grassland is rich in wildlife and has been made into a nature discovery centre by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Thatcham Reed Beds. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.
- ^ Thatcham Reedbeds and Greenham Common. Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Retrieved on 2006-09-22.
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| Summarised data for all sites (biological and geological) Aldermaston Gravel Pits | Freeman's Marsh | Irish Hill Copse | River Kennet | Kennet Valley Alderwoods | River Lambourn | Lardon Chase, the Holies and Lough Down | Seven Barrows | Thatcham Reed Beds | Woolhampton Reed Bed |
