Thatcham Reed Beds

Nature reserve in the United Kingdom county of Berkshire

Thatcham Reed BedsSite of Special Scientific Interest

Location within Berkshire

Location| Berkshire
Grid reference| SU 507 664[1]
Coordinates| 51°23′38″N 1°16′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.394°N 1.273°W﻿ / 51.394; -1.273
Interest| Biological
Area| 67.4 hectares (167 acres)[1]
Notification| 2002[1]
Location map| Magic Map

Thatcham Reed Beds is a 67.4-hectare (167-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Newbury in Berkshire.[1][2] It is part of the Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain Special Area of Conservation[3] and an area of 14 hectares (35 acres) is a Local Nature Reserve.[4][5] An area of 35 hectares (86 acres) is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[6]

Thatcham Reed Beds is important nationally for its extensive reed bed, species-rich alder woodland and fen habitats. The latter supports Desmoulin's whorl snail (Vertigo moulinsiana), which is of national and European importance. A large assemblage of breeding birds including nationally rare species such as Cetti's warbler (Cettia cetti) is also associated with the reedbed, fen and open water habitats found at Thatcham Reed Beds.[7]

Thatcham's network of gravel pits, reedbed, woodland, hedges, and grassland is rich in wildlife and has been made into The Nature Discovery Centre by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.[8]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thatcham Reedbeds.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Thatcham Reed Beds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
2. ^ "Map of Thatcham Reed Beds". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
3. ^ "Designated Sites View: Kennet & Lambourn Floodplain". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
4. ^ "Thatcham Reed Beds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
5. ^ "Map of Thatcham Reed Beds". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
6. ^ "Thatcham Reedbeds". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
7. ^ "Thatcham Reed Beds citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
8. ^ "Thatcham Reedbeds and Greenham Common". Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Archived from the original on 22 May 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2006.

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Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Berkshire

Biological|

* Aldermaston Gravel Pits
* Ashridge Wood
* Avery's Pightle
* Bisham Woods
* Blackwater Valley
* Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods
* Boxford Water Meadows
* Bray Meadows
* Bray Pennyroyal Field
* Briff Lane Meadows
* Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
* Catmore and Winterly Copses
* Chawridge Bourne
* Cleeve Hill
* Cock Marsh
* Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
* Coombe Wood, Frilsham
* Croker's Hole
* Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods
* Easton Farm Meadow
* Enborne Copse
* Englemere Pond
* Freeman's Marsh
* Great Thrift Wood
* Greenham and Crookham Commons
* Heath Lake
* Hog's Hole
* Holies Down
* Inkpen and Walbury Hills
* Inkpen Common
* Inkpen Crocus Field
* Irish Hill Copse
* Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
* Kennet Valley Alderwoods
* King's Copse
* Lardon Chase
* Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
* Longmoor Bog
* Old Copse, Beenham
* Park Farm Down
* Redhill Wood
* River Kennet
* River Lambourn
* Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
* Seven Barrows
* Snelsmore Common
* Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
* Streatley Warren
* Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows
* Swinley Park and Brick Pits
* Thatcham Reed Beds
* Wasing Wood Ponds
* Wellington College Bog
* West Woodhay Down
* West's Meadow, Aldermaston
* Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
* White Shute
* Windsor Forest and Great Park
* Woolhampton Reed Bed
* Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
* Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
* Wykery Copse

Geological|

* Boxford Chalk Pit
* Brimpton Pit
* Cannoncourt Farm Pit
* Cold Ash Quarry
* Fognam Chalk Quarry
* Hamstead Marshall Pit
* Pincent's Kiln
* Winterbourne Chalk Pit

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Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

Berkshire|

| Bracknell Forest|

* Chawridge Bank
* Wildmoor Heath

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Slough|

* Haymill Valley

West Berkshire|

* Audrey's Meadow
* Avery's Pightle
* Bowdown Woods
* Bucklebury Common
* Decoy Heath
* Greenham and Crookham Commons
* Hosehill Lake
* Inkpen Common
* Inkpen Crocus Field
* Kintbury Newt Ponds
* Moor Copse
* Nature Discovery Centre
* Padworth Common Local Nature Reserve
* Paices Wood Country Parkland
* Rack Marsh
* Seven Barrows
* Snelsmore Common Country Park
* Sole Common Pond
* Thatcham Reed Beds
* Watts Bank
* Wokefield Common

Windsor and Maidenhead|

* Hurley Chalk Pit

Wokingham|

* Loddon Nature Reserve
* Shepperlands Farm

Buckinghamshire|

| Aylesbury Vale|

* Aston Clinton Ragpits
* Bernwood Meadows
* Calvert Jubilee
* College Lake
* Dancersend with Pavis Woods
* Finemere Wood
* Foxcote Reservoir
* Hog and Hollowhill Woods
* Pilch Fields
* Rushbeds Wood
* Upper Ray Meadows
* Weston Turville Reservoir
* Yoesden

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Chiltern|

* Long Grove Wood

Milton Keynes|

* Little Linford Wood

Wycombe|

* Bacombe Hill
* Gomm Valley
* Grangelands and The Rifle Range
* Homefield Wood
* Millfield Wood

Oxfordshire|

| Cherwell|

* Ardley Wood Quarry
* Asham Meads
* Hook Norton Cutting
* Lamb's Pool
* Oxey Mead
* Whitecross Green Wood
* Woodford Bottom and Lamb's Pool
* Woodsides Meadow

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Oxford|

* CS Lewis Nature Reserve
* Iffley Meadows

South Oxfordshire|

* Chinnor Hill
* Cholsey Marsh
* Hartslock
* Oakley Hill
* Sydlings Copse
* Warren Bank
* Wells Farm

Vale of White Horse|

* Dry Sandford Pit
* Hitchcopse Pit
* Lashford Lane Fen
* Letcombe Valley
* Parsonage Moor
* Tuckmill Meadow
* Warburg Nature Reserve

West Oxfordshire|

* Blenheim Farm
* Chimney Meadows
* Foxholes
* Glyme Valley
* Westwell Gorse

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Local nature reserves in Berkshire

Bracknell Forest|

* Ambarrow Court
* Edgbarrow Woods
* Englemere Pond
* Farley Copse
* Hayley Green Wood
* Jock's Copse
* Piggy Wood
* Temple Copse
* Tinkers Copse
* Whitegrove Copse

Reading|

* Blundells Copse
* Clayfield Copse
* Lousehill Copse
* McIlroy Park
* Round Copse

Slough|

* Cocksherd Wood
* Haymill Valley
* Herschel Park

West Berkshire|

* Hosehill Lake
* Padworth Common
* Thatcham Reed Beds

Windsor and Maidenhead|

* Arthur Jacob Nature Reserve
* Bisham Woods
* Bradnam Wood
* Braywick Park
* Carpenter's Wood
* The Gullet
* Ockwells Park
* Park Wood and Goulding's Wood
* Sutherland Grange

Wokingham|

* Alder Moors
* Ali's Pond
* Heath Lake
* Highwood
* Holt Copse & Joel Park
* Lavells Lake
* Longmoor Bog
* Maiden Erlegh Lakes
* The Marshes
* Pearman's Copse
* Swallowfield Meadow

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