Description
The Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve occupies 36 hectares north of the River Blackwater. A footpath runs along much of the River Blackwater and provides reasonable, but sometimes distant, views of the lakes. There are 2 hides on the reserve providing good views of the lakes. Resident birds are mali ponirek, čopasti ponirek, mala bela caplja, skobec, priba, čuk, vodomec, trstni strnad, kalin and rjavi škarnik. Summer visitors are mali deževnik, rečni galeb, navadna čigra and škrjančar. In winter you can expect veliki žagar, zvonec, mali žagar, siva pastirica and sometimes močvirska uharica. During migration birds like reglja, ribji orel, rjavi lunj and zelenonogi martinec can sometimes be spotted.
Details
Access
At the western end, there is a small car park off Lower Sandhurst Road (SU 805 628), and at the eastern end, the Activity Centre car-park off Mill Lane (SU 821 620).
