Saddington Reservoir

{{Short description|Reservoir in Leicestershire, England}} {{Use British English|date=December 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox SSSI |image= Backwater of Saddington Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 310692.jpg |image_caption = |name= Saddington Reservoir |aos= Leicestershire |interest=Biological |gridref={{gbmappingsmall| SP 663 910 }}<ref name=dsv/> |area= {{convert|19.1 |ha|acre|abbr=off}}<ref name=dsv/> |notifydate= 1999<ref name=dsv/> |map=[http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000360%27 ''Magic Map''] }} '''Saddington Reservoir''' is a canal reservoir<ref name="canal">{{cite web |title=Saddington |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol5/pp282-287 |website=British History Online |accessdate=18 June 2020}}</ref> and {{convert|19.1 |ha|acre|abbr=off}} biological [[Site of Special Scientific Interest]] south of [[Saddington]] in [[Leicestershire]].<ref name=dsv>{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S2000360&SiteName=sadding&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Saddington Reservoir | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 14 November 2017}}</ref><ref name=map>{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%272000360%27|title=Map of Saddington Reservoir|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 14 November 2017}}</ref> The reservoir was built between 1793 and 1797 to supply water to the [[Grand Union Canal]].<ref name="canal" />

The reservoir has a range of wetland habitats, such as open water, wet willow woodland and swamp. There are a number of nationally scarce beetles, such as ''[[Carabus monilis]]'', ''[[Atheta basicornis]]'', ''[[Eledona agricola]]'' and ''[[Gyrophaena lucidula]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000360.pdf|title=Saddington Reservoir citation|series=Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate=14 November 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075619/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/2000360.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There is public access to the site.

==References== {{reflist}} {{commons category|Saddington Reservoir}}

{{coord| 52.512| -1.024 |type:landmark_region:GB-BNE|display=title}} {{SSSIs Leicestershire }} [[Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Leicestershire]] [[Category:Canal reservoirs in England]] [[Category:Reservoirs in Leicestershire]]