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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 Ciocârlie, Presură de stuf, Fâsă de luncă, Pitulice mică and Cuc, Brown Hares, multiple different butterfly species and swathes of wildflowers. The scrape holds breeding Nagâț, Prundăraș gulerat mic and Culic mare. Also during this time, Rândunică, Lăstun de casă, Egretă mică, Stârc cenușiu and numerous gull species come to drink, bath and feed around the scrape. During Spring migration, very small numbers of Rață cârâitoare can occasionally turn up.
In Autumn, the occasional passage migrant such as Fluierar de zăvoi, can pass through. During Winter, large flocks of over 1,000 Nagâț gather at the scrape, as well as hundreds of Ploier auriu. Also, large numbers of Rață fluierătoare, Rață mică, Rață mare and Rață lingurar can be seen. This site is one of the best nature reserves in Worcestershire for wintering Rață sulițar, with up to 300 induviduals being recorded in some years. Scarcer species recorded during Winter include Becațină comună, Sitar de pădure, Corcodel mic, Șoim de iarnă and Erete de stuf.
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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.