Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits is a 117.2-hectare (290-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wraysbury in Berkshire.[1][2] It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site[3] and Special Protection Area.[4]
| Site of Special Scientific Interest | |
 | |
  Location within Berkshire | |
| Location | Berkshire |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TQ 012 735[1] |
| Coordinates | 51.451°N 0.545°W |
| Interest | Biological |
| Area | 117.2 hectares (290 acres)[1] |
| Notification | 1992[1] |
| Location map | Magic Map |
The site features four former gravel pits and is within the floodplains of the River Thames and the Colne Brook.[5] It is important for the number of bird species it features.[6]
Fauna
The Park has the following animals[7]</ref>[5][6]
Birds
- Tufted duck
- Gadwall
- Common merganser
- Diving duck
- Common goldeneye
- Smew
- Common pochard
- Wigeon
- Mandarin duck
- Shelduck
- Common kingfisher
- Grass warbler
- reed warbler
- Common redshank
- coot
- Heron
- Little egret
- Common buzzard
- Water Rail
- Ring-necked Parakeet
- Grey Wagtail
- Reed Bunting
- Swift
- Common chiffchaff
- Garganey
- Hobby
- Streptopelia
- Common nightingale
- Wheatear
- Whinchat
- Horned grebe
- Red-necked grebe
- Black-necked grebe
- Long-tailed duck
- Red-breasted merganser
- Common sandpiper
- Green sandpiper
- Little ringed plover
- Common ringed plover
- Snipe
- Jack snipe
- Lesser redpoll
- Lesser scaup
- Ortolan bunting
Invertebrates
- Platycnemis pennipes
- Oulimnius major
- Leptocerus lusitanius
Flora
The site has the following Flora:[7]
References
- "Designated Sites View: Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "Map of Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "Designated Sites View: South West London Waterbodies". Ramsar Site. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- "Designated Sites View: South West London Waterbodies". Special Protection Areas. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- Carl Hughes (3 July 1992). "SSSI". Wraysbury.net. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- "Wraysbury and Horton Gravel Pits". Berksoc.org.uk. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- "Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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