.jpg)
) to insert bird names in your own language. The birdnames will automatically be translated for other users!
Upload images
Allowed image types are jpeg,png,gif
Max file size is 20MB
Description
The Christopher Cadbury Wetland Reserve at Upton Warren may be small but it boasts a wide variety of birds, particularly waders. It's divided into two parts by a boating lake, with the Moors Pool to the north and The Flashes to the south, with 2 branches of the River Salwarpe running through it.
The Flashes has breeding Avocet and wintering Eurasian Curlew, plus many more species that might show up on spring and autumn passage. Regulars include Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit. Rarer species include Ruff, Sanderling, Ruddy Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper. Even Least Sandpiper, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope, Black-winged Stilt, Pectoral Sandpiper, Temminck's Stint and Glossy Ibis have occurred. A pair of Bearded Tit were seen in November 2019. A Peregrine Falcon is often present and may be seen perching on one of the radio masts.
The Moors Pool attracts more wildfowl and has breeding Common Tern, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Cetti's Warbler and Reed Bunting. Eurasian Hobby is present in summer and passage may bring Western Marsh Harrier, Osprey and Black Tern, while one or two Great Bittern might appear in winter.
Both areas have breeding Little Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing and Common Redshank, as well as Common Snipe and Jack Snipe in winter. Also, the Black-headed Gull roosts may feature a Mediterranean Gull or a Little Gull and have even hosted Laughing Gull and Franklin's Gull in the past.
Details
Access
By car: Take the M5 and leave at junction 5, taking the A38 going north through Wychbold and the village of Upton Warren. When you reach the roundabout, take the third exit into the two car parks by the boating lake (signposted Aztec Adventure).
The Flashes car park (on the right) closes at 8 p.m. in summer and 4 p.m. in winter. The Moors car park is always open. Permits costing £3 per person, are required for entry into the reserve for non-members of the Wildlife Trust, and these can be bought from the cafe by the boating lake. The entrance to the Flashes is at the other end of the lake and the entrance for the Moors Pool is further up the A38.