FoTR information about Marsworth and Startops End Reservoirs
Facilities
- Pay-and-display car park
- Information boards
- Pubs adjacent to the car park
- Cafe next to the car park
- Hide overlooking both reservoirs
Access
Startops End Reservoir is adjacent to the car park and has a footpath all the way round it. One side of Marsworth Reservoir runs alongside Startops End Reservoir with a causeway between them.
Halfway along the causeway is a hide which is accessible along good footpaths by wheelchair. The hide overlooks Startops End Reservoir but in fact both reservoirs can be seen from it.
The canal towpath runs along the northern side of Marsworth Reservoir.
Habitat
Reed bed
Willow & Hawthorn
The woodland at the southern side of Startops End and Marsworth Reservoirs is predominantly Ash and poplar with Alder.
Canal
Paddocks
Birds at Startops End Reservoir
- Open water
- Great Crested Grebe, diving ducks
- Reservoir bank
- Waders, wagtails
- Paddock on north side of canal
- Wagtails, Wheatear
- By Tringford Road
- Waders and wagtails in southern corner, Kingfisher
- Woodland
- Tit species, finches, Goldcrest, Treecreeper
Birds at Marsworth Reservoir
- Inlet at north-east corner
- Teal, Snipe
- Open water
- Great Crested Grebe, Shoveller
- Reedbed
- Water Rail, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting, Bittern, Corn Bunting roost
Other Wildlife
Pipistrelle and Daubenton's Bats
Fox
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