Warnborough Green is a biological
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of ...
in
North Warnborough
North Warnborough is a village in the Hart district of Hampshire, England. It is in the civil parish of Odiham. It is located less than south of the town of Hook, on the opposite side of the M3 motorway, and just north-west of the village of ...
in
Hampshire.
It is owned and managed by the
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust.
This site consists of two species-rich wet meadows on either side of the
River Whitewater
The River Whitewater rises at springs near Bidden Grange Farm between Upton Grey and Greywell in Hampshire, England. It flows northeast and is a tributary of the River Blackwater (River Loddon), River Blackwater near Swallowfield. Its headwaters ...
. There are thirteen species of sedge, such as
distant,
flea and
brown sedge
''Carex disticha'' is a Eurasian species of sedge known as the brown sedge or, in North America, tworank sedge.
Distribution
''Carex disticha'' is native to parts of Northern and Western Europe, where it grows in moist spots in a number of habit ...
. Invertebrates include two nationally rare flies, the soldier fly ''
Stratiomys potamida
''Stratiomys potamida'', the banded general, is a European species of soldier fly
The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-o ...
'' and the hoverfly ''
Xylota abiens''.
References
{{Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust
Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hampshire