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Description
This urban park LNR has a good amount of wintering birds and during Spring/Summer/Autumn the area attracts passage migrants. The area has a large lake with islands, pools, reedbeds, trees, scrubland and open areas.
(*1) (press STAR on map), the smaller reed fringed pools usually have mali ponirek, Mokož, in Summer breeding srpična trstnica and on passage bičja trstnica. Small numbers of trstni strnad also occur.
(*2), the large lake, called Pump House Pool has sivka, veliki žagar, kreheljc, žličarica and konopnica in Winter. čopasti ponirek, vodomec, Bela pastirica ssp yarrellii, siva pastirica and čopasta črnica are usually present, the surrounding trees usually have a few čižek. navadna čigra (former breeder) are possible depending on season, passage waders such as mali martinec, školjkarica and mali deževnik still turn up annually.
(*3), areas of trees/scrubland/open areas have travniška cipa, rjava penica, mlinarček, severni kovaček, vrbji kova ek, črnoglavka and vrtna penica. krokar and sokol selec (check electricity pylons) are regularly seen. škrjančar turn up in late Summer into Autumn.
(*4), Tunnel to Rattlechain Lagoon under railway line and Birmingham Canal, NOTE this tunnel is often flooded, suitable footwear advised.
(*5), Rattlechain Lagoon, in 2021 a črnovrati ponirek turned up here, overland migrating crna raca often stop over for a few days from time to time. This Lagoon is also worth checking for passage waders.
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Access
Parking is all on street (some narrow roads - Please DO NOT block access - BE AWARE of on street parking restrictions), Sheepwash Lane, Dunkirk Avenue and Anne Close gets you within easy walking distance to the site. The site sits within a very large busy urban area, for directions press P's on map.