Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
# Stanford End Mill and River Loddon

Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a 11.8-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire. It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) 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
