Emm Brook Wildlife
A guide to what you can see around the Emm Brook each month throughout the year
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July |
August |
September |
October |
November |
December |
Species Lists
The lists below are not meant to be definitive . These lists simply represent the astonishing diversity of species that have been identified alongside or in the Emm brook. The entries date from 2000 and are being constantly updated as new species are identified.
Butterflies |
Birds |
Insects |
Fish |
Trees |
Moths |
Mammals |
Amphibians |
Plants |
Fungi |
Lichen |
Spiders | Slugs & Snails |
Monitoring
For the purpose of monitoring the different species of Flora & Fauna in and around the Emm brook the brook has been split into 10 sections. The descriptions are for the most part taken from the Berkshire Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust survey undertaken along the Emm brook in 2003/4.
| No | FROM UPSTREAM | GRID REF | TO DOWNSTREAM | GRID REF |
| 1 | Various Sources | SU832651 | Chapel Green (confluence) | SU815675 |
| 2 | Chapel Green (confluence) | SU815675 | Finchampstead Road (A321) | SU809680 |
| 3 | Finchampstead Road (A321) | SU809680 | Barkham Road(B3349) Industrial Area | SU803683 |
| 4 | Barkham Road(B3349) Industrial Area | SU803683 | Footbridge NE of Woosehill( Ripple Stream Bridge rear of Morrissons) | SU799688 |
| 5 | Footbridge NE of Woosehill (Ripple Stream Bridge rear of Morrissons) | SU799688 | Reading Road(A329) | SU799694 |
| 6 | Reading Road(A329) | SU799694 | Emmbrook Road (opposite school) | SU800699 |
| 7 | Emmbrook Road (opposite school) | SU800699 | Toutley Bridge, Old Forest Road | SU798705 |
| 7A | Warren House Road | SU816698 | Its confluence with the Emm Brook close to Toutley Bridge on Old Forest Road. | SU798705 |
| 8 | Toutley Bridge, Old Forest Road | SU798705 | M4/A329M Bridge | SU795705 |
| 9 | M4/A329M Bridge | SU795705 | A329M (Dinton Pastures Country Park) | SU784716 |
| 10 | A329M (Dinton Pastures Country Park) | SU784716 | Lavells Lake Local Nature Reserve(confluence with the River Loddon) | SU782733 |