Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
Location | Cambridgeshire |
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Grid reference | TF 043 036 [1] |
Interest | Biological |
Area | 4.3 hectares [1] |
Notification | 1987 [1] |
Location map | Magic Map |
Whitewater Valley is a 4.3-hectare (11-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Wittering in Cambridgeshire. [1] [2]
Habitats in this site include a stream together with associated marsh, tall fen and willow carr. The carr has a varied flora, and the marsh has many plants rare in the county. There are also springs, which have mosses including the uncommon cratoneuron commutatum. [3]
The site is private land with no public access.
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Old Rectory Meadows is a 7.9-hectare (20-acre) Site of Special Scientific Interest in Denham in Buckinghamshire.
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