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Blackwell Lake Nature Reserve

Somerset  >  United Kingdom

Blackwell Lake is between Blackwell and Nailsea in North Somerset.

Ajouté* par Baz Willmott
Dernière actualisation 24 octobre 2022

Description

The lake is managed by Wessex Water, constructed in the 1970's as a 'balancing' pond to store surface water run off from local housing estates, the area at times can be busy to the point of being heavily used by the public and is a typical town park, unsurprisingly Cygne tuberculé, Bernache du Canada, Canard colvert, Fuligule morillon, Fuligule milouin are on the parks bird list, but the occasional sightings of Râle d'eau, Canard siffleur, Grèbe huppé and Grèbe castagneux tend to draw birdwatchers. The Bristol Ornithological Club have regular field trips to the site, due to sightings of Butor étoilé and Phalarope à bec étroit in the past.

As well as the lake, with island and two viewing platforms, there are areas of mature trees and grassland, it is surrounded on two sides by farmland and to the North by housing and South by the Bristol to Exeter rail line, the rail station is just to the South of the reserve.

Détails

Accès

The closest main road is the A370 to the South, that runs from junction 21 of the M5 motorway signed to Congresbury. At Congresbury continue on A370 following signs to Backwell. In Backwell turn Left at crossroads (traffic lights) signed Nailsea, after passing under railway arch (narrow- light controlled), pass railway car park (Fee Payable). The reserve car park is just on the Left opposite a long stone wall.

Terrain et Habitat

Arbres et buissons disséminés , Prairie , Ville/village , Agriculture , Lac

Conditions

Plat , Marécageux

Boucle

Oui

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Peut être utile

Saison idéale pour observer

Toute l'année

Meilleure période pour une visite

Hiver , Migration printanière , Printemps , Automne , Migration automnale

Itinéraire

Route pavée , Sentier large , Route non pavée , Sentier étroit

Niveau de difficulté de l'itinéraire

Facile

Accessible via

A pied , Vélo , Voiture

Observatoire/hutte d'observation

Oui

Liens

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Carte

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