Broadwater Lake

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C Scientific Interest. e h t e r Type of habitat Spring o Lake, river, woodland . FINDING THE RESERVE Migrant birds arriving – swallows, l Denham Green . house martins and sand martins p Location feeding close to the water and x Best time to visit warblers. Keep an eye out for Something to see all year . common terns returning to breed. E Size of reserve 19.4ha (48 acres) . Walk time 1-1½ hours. Access on site Can be very muddy after rain fall; Common tern watch out for vehicle ruts on the access track. No wheelchair access. Summer Great for dragonflies around the Walking and cycling margins of the water. Superb bat towpath; watching on warm evenings Colne Valley Trail including Daubenton’s bats flying www. colnevalleypark.org.uk over the river. TQ 045 884 . OS map ref. Autumn Postcode UB9 5NL . Migrant birds heading south, Goosander moulting ducks in large numbers .

Access to site Pedestrian access Winter via a gate from Moorhall Road . Wintering wildfowl including visitors such as smew, goosander From A412 in Denham By road and goldeneye . Green turn right onto Moorfield Road. Turn left and park on Link Way, walk back along the road Reserve Officer’s tip Broad-bodied chaser and turn left onto Moorhall Road. Robert Hopkins Reserve entrance 5 minute walk “A great place to get away on the left, just beyond river from it all and see plenty of bridge. Use pavement on right. wildlife at anytime of year. ” By public transport n Rail: Denham (Chiltern Line); 15 minute walk. n Bus: Moorhall Road (331) 5 Sedge warbler minute walk . Managed by Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust

Protecting Wildlife for the Future Broadwater Lake

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Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Higher Denham Grebe House Denham St. Michael's Street A40 GERRARDS CROSS Denham St. Albans Country Park West Ruislip M4 Herts 0 Nature Reserve Denham Frays Farm AL3 4SN M40 Meadows Nature Reserve A Ickenha m 4 0 2 Tel: 01727 858901 0 Alderglade Nature Email: [email protected] Reserve Stoke Poges www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk Uxbridge 2 1 4 A UXBRIDGE

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These factsheets have been produced by Herts & Middlesex Wildlife Trust Colne Valley Little Minet Park Britain Country (Registered in England: 816710; Registered Charity: 239863) Lake Park with funding from the City Bridge Trust Gra nd Un ion C anal Iver Langley Frays Island and Mabey’s Meadow Nature Reserve SLOUGH WEST DRAYTON A4 M4

n Mapping Individual site location maps based on maps supplied by Location Maps Ltd PU100029016 / (0800) 731 4084 ; Colne Valley map by TU Ink, © Crown copyright and database right 2012 Ordnance Survey 100048466 n Photography by Richard Bowler, Zsuzsanna Bird, Tim Hill n Design by Wildcat Design ([email protected])