Watts Bank
Nature reserve in Berkshire, UK
51°29′31″N 1°31′30″W / 51.492°N 1.525°W / 51.492; -1.525
Watts Bank is a 1.9-hectare (4.7-acre) nature reserve south of Lambourn in Berkshire. It is managed by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.[2] It is designated a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest as White Shute.[1][3]
Watts Bank is a small chalk grassland bank. It has had over 30 butterfly species recorded.[4]
Fauna
The site has the following fauna:[2]
Butterflies
- Aricia agestis, brown argus
- Callophrys rubi, green hairstreak
- Melanargia galathea, marbled white
- Lycaena phlaeas, small copper
Flora
The site has the following flora:[2]
Plants
- Gentianella amarella
- Dactylorhiza fuchsii
- Primula veris
- Succisa pratensis
- Linum catharticum
- Anthyllis vulneraria
References
- ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: White Shute". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b c "Watts Bank". Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ "Map of White Shute". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Davison, Steve (June 2015). Walking in the North Wessex Downs - Steve Davison - Google Books. ISBN 9781783622122. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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- Aldermaston Gravel Pits
- Ashridge Wood
- Avery's Pightle
- Bisham Woods
- Blackwater Valley
- Bowdown and Chamberhouse Woods
- Boxford Water Meadows
- Bray Meadows
- Bray Pennyroyal Field
- Briff Lane Meadows
- Broadmoor to Bagshot Woods and Heaths
- Catmore and Winterly Copses
- Chawridge Bourne
- Cleeve Hill
- Cock Marsh
- Combe Wood and Linkenholt Hanging
- Coombe Wood, Frilsham
- Croker's Hole
- Decoy Pit, Pools and Woods
- Easton Farm Meadow
- Enborne Copse
- Englemere Pond
- Freeman's Marsh
- Great Thrift Wood
- Greenham and Crookham Commons
- Heath Lake
- Hog's Hole
- Holies Down
- Inkpen and Walbury Hills
- Inkpen Common
- Inkpen Crocus Field
- Irish Hill Copse
- Kennet and Lambourn Floodplain
- Kennet Valley Alderwoods
- King's Copse
- Lardon Chase
- Lodge Wood and Sandford Mill
- Longmoor Bog
- Old Copse, Beenham
- Park Farm Down
- Redhill Wood
- River Kennet
- River Lambourn
- Sandhurst to Owlsmoor Bogs and Heaths
- Seven Barrows
- Snelsmore Common
- Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
- Streatley Warren
- Sulham and Tidmarsh Woods and Meadows
- Swinley Park and Brick Pits
- Thatcham Reed Beds
- Wasing Wood Ponds
- Wellington College Bog
- West Woodhay Down
- West's Meadow, Aldermaston
- Westfield Farm Chalk Bank
- White Shute
- Windsor Forest and Great Park
- Woolhampton Reed Bed
- Wraysbury and Hythe End Gravel Pits
- Wraysbury No 1 Gravel Pit
- Wykery Copse