Bere Mill Meadows

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Bere Mill Meadows
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Footpath between Whitchurch Town Mill and Bere Mill - geograph.org.uk - 1171363.jpg
Location Hampshire
Grid reference SU 476 477 [1]
InterestBiological
Area10.3 hectares (25 acres) [1]
Notification 1985 [1]
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Bere Mill Meadows is a 10.3-hectare (25-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Whitchurch in Hampshire. [1] [2]

These damp meadows in the flood plain of the River Test have a network of ditches with plants such as floating sweet-grass and lesser water-parsnip. The meadows have a rich variety of wet grassland herbs, including bogbean, ragged-robin, water avens, marsh valerian and southern marsh orchid. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Bere Mill Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Map of Bere Mill Meadows". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. "Bere Mill Meadows citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

Coordinates: 51°13′37″N1°19′12″W / 51.227°N 1.320°W / 51.227; -1.320