Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a 11.8 ha biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire. It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a 4 km stretch of the River Loddon between Stanford End and Sheep Bridge north-west of Swallowfield.

The mill was built in early Victorian times on the Stratfield Saye estate.

Fauna
The site has the following animals

Mammals

 * European water vole

Birds

 * Little grebe
 * Moorhen
 * Coot
 * Mute swan
 * Common kingfisher

Invertebrates

 * Pisidium moitessierianum
 * Pisidium tenuilineatum
 * Vertigo antivertigo
 * Vertigo moulinsiana

Flora
The site has the following Flora:

Trees

 * Alder
 * Salix alba
 * Fraxinus
 * Quercus robur

Plants

 * Fritillaria meleagris
 * Potamogeton nodosus
 * Alopecurus pratensis
 * Holcus lanatus
 * Ranunculus acris
 * Rumex acetosa
 * Plantago lanceolata
 * Centaurea nigra
 * Rhinanthus minor
 * Silaum silaus
 * Ophioglossum vulgatum
 * Carex disticha
 * Carex panicea
 * Cardamine pratensis
 * Lychnis flos-cuculi
 * Oenanthe fistulosa
 * Potamogeton pectinatus
 * Nuphar lutea
 * Sagitarria sagittifolia
 * Schoenoplectus lacustris
 * Sparganium erectum
 * Epilobium hirsutum
 * Eupatorium cannabinum
 * Symphytum officinale
 * Lythrum salicaria
 * Filipendula ulmaria
 * Petasites hybridus
 * Myosotis scorpioides
 * Myosoton aquaticum
 * Nasturtium officinale
 * Urtica dioica
 * Dipsacus fullonum