Sole Common Pond

Sole Common Pond is a nature reserve south-west of Boxford in Berkshire in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

It consists of a Sphagnum fringed pond, heath, wet woodland and a wildflower meadow.

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:

Invertebrates

• Sympetrum danae
• Conocephalus fuscus
• Metrioptera roeselii
• Southern hawker
• Common darter
• Lestes sponsa
• Four-spotted chaser
• Large red damselfly
• Keeled skimmer

Birds

• Eurasian woodcock
• Wood warbler

Flora

The site has the following flora:

Trees

• Birch

Plants

• Menyanthes trifoliata
• Polypodium vulgare
• Erica tetralix
• Calluna vulgaris
• Drosera rotundifolia
• Hypericum perforatum
• Sphagnum magellanicum
• Sphagnum capillifolium
• Sphagnum inundatum

Fungi

• Cantharellus cibarius
• Caloboletus calopus
• Russula nobilis

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