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.Fauna
The site has the following animalsMammals
- 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
