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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 sabljarka and wintering veliki škurh, plus many more species that might show up on spring and autumn passage. Regulars include mali martinec, pikasti martinec, komatni deževnik, spremenljivi prodnik, zelenonogi martinec and črnorepi kljunač. Rarer species include togotnik, peščenec, kamenjar, progastorepi kljunač, mali škurh, močvirski martinec mali prodnik and srpokljuni prodnik. Even pritlikavi prodnik, tribarvni liskonožec, ozkokljuni liskonožec, polojnik, prekomorski prodnik, Temminckov prodnik and plevica have occurred. A pair of brkata sinica were seen in November 2019. A sokol selec is often present and may be seen perching on one of the radio masts.
The Moors Pool attracts more wildfowl and has breeding navadna čigra, školjkarica, srpična trstnica, bičja trstnica, svilnica and trstni strnad. škrjančar is present in summer and passage may bring rjavi lunj, ribji orel and črna čigra, while one or two bobnarica might appear in winter.
Both areas have breeding mali deževnik, priba and rdečenogi martinec, as well as kozica and puklež in winter. Also, the rečni galeb roosts may feature a črnoglavi galeb or a mali galeb and have even hosted azteški galeb and prerijski galeb in the past.
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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.