Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) based in Berkshire between Crowthorne, Owlsmoor, Little Sandhurst and Sandhurst.[1] Part of the site is a nature reserve called Wildmoor Heath which is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Naturalists Trust.[2]
Geography
The site is 85.8 hectares (212 acres) hectares in size, with the Wildmoor Heath nature reserve being about 42 acres (17 ha) acres of the site.[3][4] The site is best described as a lowland Dwarf shrub heath.[5] Wildmoor Heath is situated on a slope and features wet and dry lowland heath and valley bog, plus pine and broadleaved woodland.[2]
History
In 1975 the site was designated a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).[6] Wildmoor Heath nature reserve was formed in 1998 by combining together land at Edgbarrow Woods, Owlsmoor Bog, and Wildmoor Bottom.[7]
Fauna
The site has the following animals[2][5][6][7][8]
Mammals
Reptiles and amphibians
Birds
- Common chiffchaff
- Great spotted woodpecker
- European green woodpecker
- European nightjar
- Common snipe
- European stonechat
- Willow warbler
- Dartford warbler
- Woodlark
- Eurasian bullfinch
- Eurasian hobby
- Common kingfisher
Invertebrates
- Hairy dragonfly
- Common hawker
- Golden-ringed dragonfly
- Libellula depressa
- Keeled skimmer
- Beautiful demoiselle
- Banded demoiselle
- Lestes sponsa
- Erythromma najas
- Large red damselfly
- Blue-tailed damselfly
- Enallagma cyathigerum
- Azure damselfly
- Southern Hawker
- Brown hawker
- Migrant Hawker
- Emperor dragonfly
- Downy emerald
- Brilliant emerald
- Black-tailed skimmer
- Four-spotted chaser
- Sympetrum danae
- Ruddy darter
- Common darter
- Silver-studded blue
- Stag beetle
- Raft spider
- bog bush cricket
- Saturniinae
- Argiope bruennichi
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[6][5]
Trees
Plants
- Erica tetralix
- Molinia caerulea
- Drosera rotundifolia
- Drosera intermedia
- Rhynchospora alba
- Carex pulicaris
- Narthecium ossifragum
- Pinguicula vulgaris
- Calluna
- Eriophorum angustifolium
- Succisa pratensis
- Scutellaria minor
- Hypericum elodes
- Lychnis flos-cuculi
- Succisa pratensis
References
- ^ "Magic Map Application". Magic.defra.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ a b c Opening Times. "Wildmoor Heath | Berks, Bucks & Oxon Wildlife Trust". Bbowt.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths SSSI". Natural england. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Owlsmoor Bog and Heaths | National Heritage Memorial Fund". Nhmf.org.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ a b c "Condition of SSSI Units for Site Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths SSSI". Natural england. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ a b c "SITE NAME: SANDHURST TO OWLSMOOR BOGS AND HEATHS" (PDF). Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ a b "The Dragonflies in Bracknell Forest Borough: Overview for the Period 1993 to 2012" (PDF). John Ward-Smith. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Wildmoor Heath: Parks to visit - Bracknell Forest Council". Bracknell-forest.gov.uk. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
