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Descripción
The Cossington Meadows wetland was quarried for gravel during the 1980s and 1990s, the pits then being filled and the area relandscaped, with several deep holes in the north of the site filling with water to form lakes. The Trust has created new wader scrapes and grazes the grassland areas. The deeper pools attract wildfowl such as Ánade friso, Porrón Moñudo and Somormujo Lavanco and in winter parties of Silbón Europeo and Cerceta Común are common and rarer ducks seen have included Negrón especulado and Cerceta Carretona. Around the muddy edges of shallow water can be found waders such as Archibebe Claro, Ostrero Euroasiático, Archibebe Común, Avefría Europea and Chorlitejo Chico. Birds like Martín Pescador Común, Lavandera Cascadeña and Cernícalo vulgar can often be located. Búho Campestre regularly winters on the reserve. During heavy winter rains, the river floods. As the flood water recedes, shallow pools of water form on the reserve. The pools dry up in the summer creating muddy habitats for wading birds.
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The reserve is situated to the west of Cossington village, alongside the River Soar. There is also access at several other points, where public footpaths enter the reserve. Cars can be parked off the road outside the main entrance on the Syston Road or in the small public car park adjacent to Cossington Parish Church. On the map you see a circular walk of 6,5 km around Cossington meadows and Cossington lakes.