SE150580
Nearby
Sites |
Specialities |
| Whooper Swan |
| Little Grebe |
| Great black-backed Gull |
| Sparrowhawk |
| Golden Plover |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
| Green Woodpecker |
| Willow Warbler |
| Wood Warbler |
| Oystercatcher |
This is the remotest of the Washburn Reservoirs and is fringed by coniferous woodland and then overlooked by open moorland and rough pasture. Parking is available in the large car park by the dam. A footpath runs all round the reservoir but it is not suitable for pushchairs and is heavier going than the other Washburn reservoirs.
Water levels effect wader numbers but Grey Plover, Ruff, Black Tailed Godwit and Greenshank have all been recorded and this site seems favourable for good numbers of passage Oystercatchers. Small numbers of Goosanders can be seen as well as large flocks of Canada and Greylag Geese. Scarcer birds have included Whooper Swan, Kittiwake, Glaucous Gull, Rock Pipit, Shag, Hobby and Osprey. Cormorants are often present.
Redstarts, Spotted Flycatchers, Redpolls and Grey Wagtails breed around the woodland edge and Hanging Wood below the dam can yield Pied Flycatcher and Wood Warbler.
The surrounding open ground holds breeding Lapwing, Snipe, Wheatear, Skylark and Curlew, whilst Stonechats and Kestrels can be seen at any time.
Notable
Sightings - 2003 |
| March 2003 20 Oystercatchers. |
| Summer 2003 a flock of 118 Grelag Geese grew to 153. |
| November 2003 167 Mallard |
Notable
Sightings - 2004 |
| Summer 2004 Singing Wood Warbler in Hanging Woods. |
| June 2004 Spotted Flycatcher singing. |
| 16th July 2004 Two Crossbills |
| 26th December 2004 Three Whooper Swans |
Notable
Sightings - 2005 |
| March 2005 500 Golden Plover |
| 1st August 2005 A Hobby |