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Description
Swithland Reservoir, adjacent to the Mountsorrel quarry is a hotspot for birdwatchers. With rarities such as карпеста ластовичка, Killdeer and Lesser Scaup, Swithland Reservoir is a great place to birdwatch all year round. In winter, you can expect ducks such as четириока патка, патка свиркач, патка берија, морски кожувар and other wintering wildfowl. Then in spring, the arrival of Sandpipers and other waders such as зеленонога тринга and шарена тринга can be viewed from the Kinchley Lane railings and the dam. планинска тресиопашка and Жолта тресиопашка can also be seen in low double figures, however the бела тресиопашка is the most frequent.
мала бела чапја, голема бела чапја and occasionally чапја говедарка can be seen from a distance and the very rare, but uncommon at Swithland, ибис can also be viewed. The dam and the Kinchley lane railings are the best spot for watching the birds. Summer announces the arrival of terns such as мала чигра, речна чигра and тенкоклуна чигра, which dive and dart around the reservoir. More ducks such as патка крецка can also be seen in summer. Moving on to autumn and the autumn migration, another great season for birdwatching, much rarer waders such as мал свиркач and белоопашест свиркач, if you're lucky, can be seen and the much rarer Sandpipers such as белокрстен свиркач and Purple Sandpiper.
обичен свиркач, рибарче and калуѓерка can be seen all year round, but autumn and spring the best season for them. Finally back in to winter, on a late evening, you can be rewarded by the obvious figure of a Кукавија and a блатен був, and occasionally a ушест був can be seen perched in a nearby tree.
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You can drive around Kinchley Lane in Mountsorrel, which will eventually lead to the dam or you can view from Swithland Lane. Parking is available on Kinchley and Swithland Lane, as the roads are quite wide and the dam on Kinchley Lane is probably the best place to park.