Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire. It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a stretch of the River Loddon between Stanford End and Sheep Bridge north-west of Swallowfield.

The mill was built in early Victorian times on the Stratfield Saye estate.Water Mills on the Thames and Loddon, Wargrave Local History Society, May 2015

Fauna The site has the following animals

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:

Trees Alder Salix alba Fraxinus Quercus robur

Plants Fritillaria meleagris Potamogeton nodosus Alopecurus pratensis Holcus lanatus Ranunculus acris Rumex acetosa Plantago lanceolata Centaurea nigra Rhinanthus minor Silaum silaus Ophioglossum vulgatum Carex disticha Carex panicea Cardamine pratensis Lychnis flos-cuculi Oenanthe fistulosa Potamogeton pectinatus Nuphar lutea Sagitarria sagittifolia Schoenoplectus lacustris Sparganium erectum Epilobium hirsutum Eupatorium cannabinum Symphytum officinale Lythrum salicaria Filipendula ulmaria Petasites hybridus Myosotis scorpioides Myosoton aquaticum Nasturtium officinale Urtica dioica Dipsacus fullonum

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