Waterperry Wood

{{Short description|Protected area in Oxfordshire, England}}

{{Infobox SSSI

|image= Gravelled track, Waterperry Wood - geograph.org.uk - 1288895.jpg

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|name= Waterperry Wood

|aos= Oxfordshire

|interest=Biological

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|area= {{convert|137.0|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1986

|map=[https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000508%27 Magic Map]

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Waterperry Wood is a {{convert| 137 |ha|acre|abbr=off|adj=on}} biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) east of Oxford in Oxfordshire.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1000508&SiteName=&countyCode=34&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Waterperry Wood | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date = 29 March 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271000508%27 |title=Map of Waterperry Wood|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 29 March 2020}} It is a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade I,{{cite book|editor-first=Derek |editor-last=Ratcliffe |title=A Nature Conservation Review|volume=2 |page=51 |publisher= Cambridge University Press|location =Cambridge, UK |year=1977|isbn= 0521-21403-3 }} and is owned and managed by the Forestry Commission.{{cite web|url=https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/waterperry-wood/|title=Waterperry Wood|publisher=Woodland Trust|access-date= 29 March 2020}}

This wood has been designated an SSSI because it contains a diverse and important insect fauna, with many nationally uncommon and rare species. There are nineteen species of nationally uncommon hoverflies, including five which are listed in the British Red Data Book of Insects, many nationally uncommon beetles, thirty butterfly species and several rare moths.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/PDFsForWeb/Citation/1000508.pdf |title=Waterperry Wood citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|access-date= 29 March 2020}}