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Description
Nantwich Lake is home to a small colony of overwintering Mouette rieuse, several of which were ringed here in c. 2021 and given blue colour rings that are easily identifiable/legible. Others of more unusual origin or with metal rings only (for which a telefocal lens and camera is usually required to read) can also be found on occasion, particularly at start and end of the season when they are likely travelling through to prefered sites.
The lake also hosts a pair of Cygne tuberculé that breed most years on the reedbed at the south end of the lake and usually raise several cygnets. They are identified by green colour rings (standard for Cheshire) as are several of the Canard colvert in the usually large flock. Although not a large amount of reeds, Bruant des roseaux and Rousserolle effarvatte can also be found occasionaly at the south end in the summer.
Bernache du Canada, Gallinule poule-d'eau and Foulque macroule are present year round on the lake and breed here during the summer, with Fuligule morillon and Grèbe castagneux joining them in small numbers during the winter.
Flocks of Mésange bleue, Mésange charbonnière, Mésange à longue queue and Roitelet huppé can be found throughout the area foraging on seeds and insects in the bushes to the side of paths. Troglodyte mignon and Rougegorge familier are of course common as well as thushes such as Merle noir, Grive musicienne and Grive mauvis.
Walking alongside the river listen out for Martin-pêcheur d'Europe although you will not often catch more than a glimpse of it as it whizzes by.
The lake area was originally salt marsh fed by brine springs and was dug out during the 1970s as a flood alleviation scheme, as such the water is apparently devoid of life. Occasionally some areas north of the main lake dry out leaving a salty mud crust.
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Accès
Nantwich Lake and Riverside are close to the Nantwich town centre. There are 2 fairly large carparks near to the lake, or one can of course park in Nantwich town centre as it is only a short walk to the riverside. Press a P on the map for directions to a carpark. The area is also very close to the Nantwich Railway Station (1) where trains run reasonably regularly to Chester, Crewe and to Wales, and to the Bus Station.
Paths around the main lake and up to town are generally wide and well paved and would be suitable for wheel chairs, there are some gravel tracks though and some smaller areas would not be suitable at all (Coed Wen Woodland for instance - a wet woodland area in the far south).