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Cossington Meadows

Leicestershire  >  United Kingdom

Cossington Meadows covers 86 ha and is the largest of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust’s six nature reserves in the Soar valley.

Tillagd* av Phillip moore
Senast uppdaterad 7 april 2021
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Beskrivning

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 snatterand, vigg and skäggdopping and in winter parties of bläsand and Kricka are common and rarer ducks seen have included svärta and årta. Around the muddy edges of shallow water can be found waders such as gluttsnäppa, strandskata, rödbena, tofsvipa and mindre strandpipare. Birds like kungsfiskare, forsärla and tornfalk can often be located. jorduggla 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.

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

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.

Terräng och habitat

Våtmark , Slätt , Spridda träd och buskar

Förhållanden

Öppet landskap

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Nej

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vinter , Vårsträck , Höststräck

Rutt

Bred stig

Hur ansträngande vandring

Lätt vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Nej

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