Cothill Fen

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Cothill Fen
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Reeds at Parsonage Moor Nature Reserve - geograph.org.uk - 1269551.jpg
Location Oxfordshire
Grid reference SP 462 001 [1]
InterestBiological
Geological
Area43.4 hectares (107 acres) [1]
Notification 1993 [1]
Location map Magic Map

Cothill Fen is a 43.3-hectare (107-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. [1] [2] It is a Special Area of Conservation [3] and parts of it are a Geological Conservation Review site, [4] a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, [5] and a National Nature Reserve. [6] It also includes two areas which are nature reserves managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Lashford Lane Fen [7] and Parsonage Moor. [8]

This site has nationally rare calcareous fen and moss-rich mire habitats and a rich invertebrate fauna, including 25 species in the Red Data Book of Invertebrates. More than 330 vascular plants have been recorded. It is a nationally important site geologically because the sampling the peat gives a picture of the vegetation over the early Holocene, between 10,000 and 6,500 years ago. [9] [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Map of Cothill Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Cothill Fen (Quaternary of South Central England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. ↑ Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN   0521-21403-3.
  6. ↑ "Designated Sites View: Cothill". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Lashford Lane Fen". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "Parsonage Moor". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Cothill Fen citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Day, S. P. (November 1991). "Post‐glacial vegetational history of the Oxford region". New Phytologist. 119 (3): 445–470. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1991.tb00045.x .[ permanent dead link ]

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