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Description
Hill Court Farm and Blacklands nature reserve has grazing marshes, wetlands and wildlife-friendly farmland. There are three different viewing screens and one permissive path. NOTE: during Winter this site can be flooded. During Spring and Summer, the grassland, woodland and hedges becomes alive with breeding Sanglerke, Sivspurv, Heipiplerke, Gransanger and Gjøk, Brown Hares, multiple different butterfly species and swathes of wildflowers. The scrape holds breeding Vipe, Dverglo and Storspove. Also during this time, Låvesvale, Taksvale, Silkehegre, Gråhegre and numerous gull species come to drink, bath and feed around the scrape. During Spring migration, very small numbers of Knekkand can occasionally turn up.
In Autumn, the occasional passage migrant such as Skogsnipe, can pass through. During Winter, large flocks of over 1,000 Vipe gather at the scrape, as well as hundreds of Heilo. Also, large numbers of Brunnakke, Krikkand, Stokkand and Skjeand can be seen. This site is one of the best nature reserves in Worcestershire for wintering Stjertand, with up to 300 induviduals being recorded in some years. Scarcer species recorded during Winter include Enkeltbekkasin, Rugde, Dvergdykker, Dvergfalk and Sivhauk.
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Access
There is a small layby situated on Marsh Road at the main entrance of the reserve. This can take around 4 cars at a time though there is barely ever that many cars parked there. Click on the P in the map for directions. After you have parked, the main path down into the reserve is well marked and simple to follow. The path is about 700 meters long.