Sole Common Pond

Sole Common Pond is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve south-west of Boxford in Berkshire in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.^[1]

Sole Common Pond
Type	Nature reserve
Location	, Berkshire
OS grid	SU411706
Area	3 hectares (7.4 acres)
Managed by	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust

It consists of a Sphagnum fringed pond, heath, wet woodland and a wildflower meadow.^[2]

Fauna

The site has the following fauna:^[1][3]

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:^[1][2]

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