Tealham and Tadham Moors

Infobox SSSI


name=Tealham and Tadham Moors
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST420450
area=917.6 hectare (2267.3 acre)
notifydate=1985

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Tealham and Tadham Moors (gbmapping|ST420450) is a 917.6 hectare (2267.3 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1985.Land south of this site is included in Catcott, Edington and Chilton Moors SSSI.

Tealham and Tadham Moors form part of the extensive grazing marsh and ditch systems of the Somerset Levels and Moors. The water table is high throughout the greater part of the year with winter flooding occurring annually, by over-topping of the River Brue. 113 aquatic and bankside vascular plant species have been recorded from the field ditches, rhynes and deep arterial watercourses. A diverse invertebrate fauna is associated in particular with ditches that have a good submerged plant community. The water beetle fauna is exceptionally rich, with the nationally rare species "Hydrophilus piceus" and "Hydrochara caraboides" together with the rare soldier flies "Stratiomys furcata" and "Odontomyia ornata". Good numbers of dragonflies and damselflies occur including the Hairy Dragonfly ("Brachytron pratense") and the Variable Damselfly ("Coenagrion pulchellum"). [cite web | title=Tealham and Tadham Moors | publisher=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001081.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-21]

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*cite web | title=Tealham and Tadham Moors | work=Avalon Birding | url=http://www.glastonbury.eclipse.co.uk/web_site_with_me_000032.htm | accessdate=2006-08-21