title: Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
text: # Stanford End Mill and River Loddon
  
  Stanford End Mill and River Loddon is a 11.8-hectare (29-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south of Reading in Berkshire. It covers Stanford End Mill meadows and a 4 kilometres (2.5 miles) stretch of the River Loddon between Stanford End and Sheep Bridge north-west of Swallowfield.
  
  The mill was built in early Victorian times on the Stratfield Saye estate.
  
  ## Fauna
  
  The site has the following animals
  
  ### Mammals
  
  * European water vole
  
  ### Birds
  
  * Little grebe
  * Moorhen
  * Coot
  * Mute swan
  * Common kingfisher
  
  ### Invertebrates
  
  * Pisidium moitessierianum
  * Pisidium tenuilineatum
  * Vertigo antivertigo
  * Vertigo moulinsiana
  
  ## Flora
  
  The site has the following Flora:
  
  ### Trees
  
  * Alder
  * Salix alba
  * Fraxinus
  * Quercus robur
  
  ### Plants
  
  * Fritillaria meleagris
  * Potamogeton nodosus
  * Alopecurus pratensis
  * Holcus lanatus
  * Ranunculus acris
  * Rumex acetosa
  * Plantago lanceolata
  * Centaurea nigra
  * Rhinanthus minor
  * Silaum silaus
  * Ophioglossum vulgatum
  * Carex disticha
  * Carex panicea
  * Cardamine pratensis
  * Lychnis flos-cuculi
  * Oenanthe fistulosa
  * Potamogeton pectinatus
  * Nuphar lutea
  * Sagitarria sagittifolia
  * Schoenoplectus lacustris
  * Sparganium erectum
  * Epilobium hirsutum
  * Eupatorium cannabinum
  * Symphytum officinale
  * Lythrum salicaria
  * Filipendula ulmaria
  * Petasites hybridus
  * Myosotis scorpioides
  * Myosoton aquaticum
  * Nasturtium officinale
  * Urtica dioica
  * Dipsacus fullonum
  