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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 Little Grebe, Water Rail, in Summer breeding Reed Warbler and on passage Sedge Warbler. Small numbers of Reed Bunting also occur.
(*2), the large lake, called Pump House Pool has Common Pochard, Goosander, Common Teal, Northern Shoveler and Gadwall in Winter. Great Crested Grebe, Common Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail and Tufted Duck are usually present, the surrounding trees usually have a few Eurasian Siskin. Common Tern (former breeder) are possible depending on season, passage waders such as Common Sandpiper, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Little Ringed Plover still turn up annually.
(*3), areas of trees/scrubland/open areas have Meadow Pipit, Greater Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Garden Warbler. Common Raven and Peregrine Falcon (check electricity pylons) are regularly seen. Eurasian Hobby 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 Black-necked Grebe turned up here, overland migrating Common Scoter 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.