Lonsdale Road Reservoir

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Also known as Leg of Mutton Nature Reserve, the reservoir is a Local Nature Reserve and is bordered on the west by the Thames, playing fields to the north, Lonsdale Road and houses to the east while on the south is a mown lawn squeezed between the Thames and road.

Surrounding the water is thick scrub and trees on the steep concrete banks, the concrete showing only in a few places. Work by the BCTV has cleared views to the water and provide diversity in the flora and flauna.

Breeding birds last year that I saw the young of include:

Mute swan 1 nest and 3 young.  Greater canada Geese 2 young.  Moorhen at least 5 young. Coot 2 pairs 6 young. Mallard 3 pairs 10 young. Grey Heron 5 nests on rafts with 8 young. Kestrel 2 young watching the world from the edge of the nest. Sparrowhawk 2 young "sunning" themselves on a tree. BlueTit 3 young. Great Tit 3 young. Wren 1 young. Blackbird 3 young. Robin 2 young.

Patch List 2006 1: Goldfinch. 2: Greenfinch. 3: Chaffinch. 4: Great Tit. 5: Long tailed Tit. 6: Blue tit. 7: Robin. 8: Blackbird. 9: Coot. 10: Greater canada Goose. 11: Pied wagtail. 12: Black-headed gull. 13: Wood pigeon. 14: Carrion crow. 15: starling 16: Mute swan 17: Mistle thrush 18: Meadow Pipit. 19: Ring-necked Parakeet. 20: Leeser Black-backed Gull. 21: Moorhen. 22: Cormorant. 23: Teal. 24: Gadwall. 25: Shoveler. 26: Tufted Duck. 27: Wren. 28: Dunnock. 29: Mallard 30: Sparrowhawk. 31: Goldcrest. 32: Magpie 33: Common Gull. 34: Green Woodpecker. 35: Greater Spotted Woodpecker. 36: Song Thrush. 37: Pochard. 38: Stock Dove. 39: Little Glebe. 40: Redwing. 41: Siskin. 42: Treecreeper. 43: Jay. 44: Kestrel. 45: Great Blacl-backed Gull. 46: Willow Warbler. 47: Chiffchaff. 48: Song Thrush. 49: Jackdaw. 50: House Martin. 51: Sand Martin. 52: Ruddy Duck. 53: Blackcap. 54: Grey Wagtail. 55: Grey Heron. 56: Swift. 57: Reed Bunting. 58: Common Tern. 59: Reed Warbler. 60: Peregrine.