Description
The Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve occupies 36 hectares north of the River Blackwater. A footpath runs along much of the River Blackwater and provides reasonable, but sometimes distant, views of the lakes. There are 2 hides on the reserve providing good views of the lakes. Resident birds are potápka malá, potápka chochlatá, beluša malá, jastrab krahulec, cibík chochlatý, kuvik obyčajný, rybárik riečny, strnádka trstinová, hýľ obyčajný and haja červená. Summer visitors are kulík riečný, čajka smejivá, rybár riečny and sokol lastovičiar. In winter you can expect potápač veľký, hlaholka severská, potápač malý, trasochvost horský and sometimes myšiarka močiarna. During migration birds like kačica chrapačka, kršiak rybár, kaňa močiarna and kalužiak sivý can sometimes be spotted.
Details
Access
At the western end, there is a small car park off Lower Sandhurst Road (SU 805 628), and at the eastern end, the Activity Centre car-park off Mill Lane (SU 821 620).
