Weekday and Weekend Walks, and Weekend Coach Outings
Moor Green Lakes 2018
Saturday morning walk
On a very nice autumnal morning 12 members met up with Brian Reeve to see various waders & ducks at the Moor Green Lakes. We walked towards the River Blackwater, seeing gadwall, shoveler, tufted ducks, little grebes & great crested grebes.
Walking along the footpath beside the old disused gravel pit, which is now being filled in, we saw green sandpipers, lapwings, Common & black headed gulls along with grey wagtails & snipe. The best sightings of the day were a barn owl sitting in the owl box, and two buzzards fighting on the footpath.
Then we walked in the opposite direction towards the furthest hide, but as was closed because of a wasps nest inside, we went back to the other hide and saw little egret, Egyptian geese & herons on the far bank.
There were also sightings of long-tailed tits, blue tits, great tits & coal tits in the car park on the feeders together with nuthatch & chaffinch. The total number of species seen was 45 and 1 heard.
Moor Green Lakes, 20/10/2018, sunny
Mute Swan
Greylag Goose
Canada Goose
Egyptian Goose
Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Shoveler
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Cormorant
Little Egret
Grey Heron
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Common Buzzard
Moorhen
Coot
Lapwing
Green Sandpiper
Snipe
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Barn Owl
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel
Magpie
Jay
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Coal Tit
Skylark H
Long-tailed Tit
Nuthatch
Wren
Blackbird
Robin
Dunnock
Grey Wagtail
Chaffinch
Linnet
45 Bird Species seen and 1 heard
Other Wildlife
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Peacock Butterfly
Grey Squirrel
13 People
Moor Green Lakes
Meet 9.30am in the car park, Lower Sandhurst Road, Eversley, Berks, near RG40 3TF.
OS SU805628 Lat/Long: 51.3586, -0.8442
The car park is small, please read this parking information
Three former gravel pits were restored in 1993 with islands and scrapes to create the Moor Green Lakes Nature Reserve. More recent gravel workings to the west are being added to the reserve. There are ash, willow, maple and hazel trees, scrub and grassland. The river Blackwater runs along the southern edge of the site.
Bird feeders in the free car park but no toilets or food. Two hides, two screens. A walk of up to four miles on footpaths, no steep slopes, mud probable.
Regular visitors include Canada, greylag, barnacle and Egyptian geese, wigeon, pochard, gadwall, teal, goosander, shoveler, goldeneye, tufted duck, coot, grebes, gulls, thrushes, nuthatch, reed bunting, stonechat, linnet, meadow pipit, finches and siskin. The barn owl can sometimes be seen in its box. Rarer are bittern, smew, little egret, snipe, water rail, green sandpiper, kingfisher, redpoll, goldcrest and brambling. Expect around 40 species.