Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain

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The Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain is a 22.9 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire and Wiltshire, notified in 1996. It comprises seven separate small areas, four in the Kennet Valley and three in the Lambourn Valley. The areas included in the site support particularly large populations of Desmoulin's whorl snail.

[edit] Source

• English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 August 2006)

[edit] External links

• English Nature website (SSSI information)

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