Langham Pond
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationSurrey
Grid referenceTQ 002 720[1]
InterestBiological
Area26.7 hectares (66 acres)[1]
Notification1986[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Langham Pond is a 26.7-hectare (66-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Egham in Surrey.[1][2]

The pond and its surrounding alluvial meadows on chalk represent a habitat unique in southern England. The pond is the remains of an oxbow lake, formed when a meander of the River Thames was bypassed. The pond contains all four British duckweeds, three nationally scarce plants and a species of fly which has been found nowhere else in Britain, Cerodontha ornata.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Designated Sites View: Langham Pond". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Map of Langham Pond". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Langham Pond citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 9 November 2018.

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