Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Berkshire |
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Grid reference | SU 576 705 [1] |
Coordinates | 51°25′52″N1°10′23″W / 51.431°N 1.173°W Coordinates: 51°25′52″N1°10′23″W / 51.431°N 1.173°W |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 13.7 hectares (34 acres) [1] |
Notification | 1985 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
King's Copse is a 13.7-hectare (34-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Chapel Row and Clay Hill in Berkshire. [1] [2] It is in the North Wessex Downs, which is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [3] The site is private land but a public footpath runs through it.
King's Copse is a broadleaf, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area. [4]
The site has the following animals [3]
The site has the following Flora: [3] [4]
Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows is a 75.7-hectare (187-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Reading in Berkshire. Previously known as Pang Valley SSSI, the site is mostly sandwiched between the River Pang and the Sulham Road and includes Broom Copse, Herridge's Copse, Hogmoor Copse, Park Wood, Moor Copse and Barton's Copse. Much of the southern part of the site is the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust's Moor Copse Nature Reserve. The whole site lies within the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths is an 85.8-hectare (212-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the northern outskirts of Sandhurst in Berkshire. Part of the SSSI is Wildmoor Heath nature reserve, which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. and the SSSI is part of Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area.
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Great Thrift Wood is a 14.2-hectare (35-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Cox Green in Berkshire. The site is a broadleaved, mixed and yew woodland located in a lowland area. The wood was classed in 1984 as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
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