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
.
Hectare
The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...
biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
and Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
, notified in 1996. It comprises seven separate small areas, four in the Kennet Valley
River Kennet
The Kennet is a river in the south of England, and a tributary of the River Thames. The lower reaches of the river are navigable to river craft and are known as the Kennet Navigation, which, together with the Avon Navigation, the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Thames, links the cities of Bristol...
and three in the Lambourn Valley
River Lambourn
The River Lambourn is a chalk stream in the English county of Berkshire. It rises in the Berkshire Downs near its namesake village of Lambourn and is a tributary of the River Kennet, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames.-Perennial River:...
. The areas included in the site support particularly large populations of Desmoulin's whorl snail
Desmoulin's whorl snail
Desmoulin's whorl snail, scientific name Vertigo moulinsiana, is a species of minute air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails....
.
Locations
- SU316705
- SU402737 51.4604°N 1.4213°W
- SU345687 51.4158°N 1.5038°W
- SU435701 51.4278°N 1.3743°W
- SU453692 51.4195°N 1.3485°W
- SU556655 51.3853°N 1.2009°W
- SU450674 51.4034°N 1.3530°W
Source
- English Nature citation sheet for the site (accessed 16 August 2006)
External links
- English Nature website (SSSI information)