Cothill_Fen

Cothill Fen

Cothill Fen

Protected area in Oxfordshire, England

Cothill Fen is a 43.3-hectare (107-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-west of Abingdon-on-Thames in Oxfordshire.[1][2] It is a Special Area of Conservation[3] and parts of it are a Geological Conservation Review site,[4] a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1,[5] and a National Nature Reserve.[6] It also includes two areas which are nature reserves managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, Lashford Lane Fen[7] and Parsonage Moor.[8]

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This site has nationally rare calcareous fen and moss-rich mire habitats and a rich invertebrate fauna, including 25 species in the Red Data Book of Invertebrates. More than 330 vascular plants have been recorded. It is a nationally important site geologically because the sampling the peat gives a picture of the vegetation over the early Holocene, between 10,000 and 6,500 years ago.[9][10]

References

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    "Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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    "Map of Cothill Fen". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
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    "Designated Sites View: Cothill Fen". Special Areas of Conservation. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Cothill Fen (Quaternary of South Central England)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  5. [5]
    Ratcliffe, Derek, ed. (1977). A Nature Conservation Review. Vol. 2. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 208. ISBN 0521-21403-3.
  6. [6]
    "Designated Sites View: Cothill". National Nature Reserves. Natural England. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Lashford Lane Fen". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  8. [8]
    "Parsonage Moor". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  9. [9]
    "Cothill Fen citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  10. [10]
    Day, S. P. (November 1991). "Post‐glacial vegetational history of the Oxford region". New Phytologist. 119 (3): 445–470. doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.1991.tb00045.x.[permanent dead link]
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