Districts:
South Oxfordshire Parishes
Warborough
The following wildlife habitats fall within this parish. They are listed according to their associated landscape type or local character area.
If you want more information about any of the sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) listed below, take a look at English Nature's Nature on the Map website. It may also be possible to find out a bit more about the unnamed wildlife habitats in the parish by contacting the Thames Valley Environmental Records Centre (owls@oxfordshire.gov.uk) and quoting the site code next to the habitat description.
The majority of these wildlife habitats are on private land and access to them is not possible without permission of the landowner, unless there is a statutory right of way. However, many wildlife habitats in the county are open to the public. More information on these can be obtained from the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum.
Wildlife Habitats
River Meadowlands
Site Code: 59W15
Area: 0.8ha
This site consists of a small area of wet willow woodland and a small wet hay meadow. Both habitats are national priorities for nature conservation. Wet woodland is particularly rare in Oxfordshire.
The main importance of the site is the large population of Lodden lily. This rare plant is found mainly in wet sites along the Thames in Oxfordshire and Berkshire and the River Lodden in Berkshire, which gives the plant its name. Other wildflowers found here include marsh marigold, which is found in the woodland and meadow, meadow-rue and the colourful blue flowered meadow crane’s-bill.