Englemere Pond

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Englemere Pond
Site of Special Scientific Interest
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Location within Berkshire
Location Berkshire
Grid reference SU 904 685 [1]
Coordinates 51°24′32″N0°42′04″W / 51.409°N 0.701°W / 51.409; -0.701
InterestBiological
Area26.1 hectares (64 acres) [1]
Notification 1983 [1]
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Englemere Pond is a 26.1-hectare (64-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the southern outskirts of North Ascot in Berkshire. [1] [2] The site is also a Local Nature Reserve. It is owned by the Crown Estate and managed by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. [3] [4]

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Geography

The nature reserve is situated between Martins Heron railway station and Ascot railway station. [5] It features a shallow acidic lake and marsh land. [5]

Name

Probably compound of Old Saxon egela "leech", or even Old English *egele (unattested), similar to German Egel (Blutegel) "leech", followed by Old Saxon meri "lake" or Old English mere "lake, pool", hence the overall meaning of "leech pool". Moreover, the early forms of Inglemire (East Riding of Yorkshire, Yghelmar 1322; Iglemere / Inglemere 1408) are identical to the common Norman place names Iglemare and Inglemare and are explained as follows: a compound of the Old Norse word igill "leech" and mere "body of water". [6]

History

The land for most of its recorded history has been part of a great Royal Hunting Forest that surrounded Windsor Castle. [7]

In 1990 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Bracknell Forest Borough Council. [3]

In August 2016 an unexploded old military shell was discovered in Englemere Pond and blown up in a controlled explosion by the police. [8]

Fauna

The fauna of the reserve include the following: [5] [3] [9] [10]

Birds

Invertebrates

Reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates

Flora

The flora of the reserve include the following: [11] [9] [5]

Trees

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Englemere Pond". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Map of Englemere Pond". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 "Englemere Pond". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Map of Englemere Pond". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Englemere Pond Nature Reserve leaflet" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  6. ↑ Richard Coates (University of the West of England), Azure Mouse, Bloater Hill, Goose Puddings, and One Land called the Cow: continuity and conundrums in Lincolnshire minor names, p. 109.
  7. ↑ "Englemere Pond: Parks to visit - Bracknell Forest Council". Bracknell-forest.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Unexploded bomb found in Winkfield Row pond". Get Reading. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Englemere Pond". Berksoc.org.uk. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "The Dragonflies in Bracknell Forest Borough: Overview for the Period 1993 to 2012" (PDF). John Ward-Smith. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
  11. ↑ "Englemere Pond Woodland trust". woodland trust. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
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