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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 Poljska ševa, Barska strnadica, Livadska trepteljka, Obični zviždak and Obična kukavica, Brown Hares, multiple different butterfly species and swathes of wildflowers. The scrape holds breeding Vivak, Žalar slepić and Velika carska šljuka. Also during this time, Seoska lasta, Gradska lasta, Mala bela čaplja, Siva čaplja and numerous gull species come to drink, bath and feed around the scrape. During Spring migration, very small numbers of Grogotovac can occasionally turn up.
In Autumn, the occasional passage migrant such as Sprudnik pijukavac, can pass through. During Winter, large flocks of over 1,000 Vivak gather at the scrape, as well as hundreds of Zlatni vivak. Also, large numbers of Zviždara, Krdža, Gluvara and Plovka kašikara can be seen. This site is one of the best nature reserves in Worcestershire for wintering Šiljkan, with up to 300 induviduals being recorded in some years. Scarcer species recorded during Winter include Barska šljuka, Šumska šljuka, Mali gnjurac, Mali soko and Eja močvarica.
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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.