Langmead and Weston Level

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name=Langmead and Weston Level
aos=Somerset
interest=Biological
gridref=gbmappingsmall|ST353330
area=168.8 hectare (417.1 acre)
notifydate=1991

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Langmead and Weston Level (gbmapping|ST353330) is a 168.8 hectare (417.1 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Somerset, notified in 1991.Langmead and Weston Level form part of the nationally important grazing marsh and ditch systems of the Somerset Levels and Moors. The site is nationally important for its species-rich neutral grassland and the invertebrate community found in the ditches and rhynes. The land lies in the flood plain of the River Parrett and many of the fields are poorlydrained and seasonally water-logged. The terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates recorded on the site include four nationallyrare species: the Great Silver Diving Beetle ("Hydrophilus piceus"), the soldier fly ("Odontomyia ornata") and two true flies, "Lonchoptera scutellata" and "Stenomicra cogani". [cite web | title=Langmead and Weston Level | work=English Nature | url=http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1005918.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-17]

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