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Loveny Reserve....
Contact the Loveny Warden HERE
The Loveny Reserve is at the
northern end of the eastern finger of Colliford
Reservoir at SX185752 and is a stunning moorland
habitat. The Reserve is managed
jointly by CBWPS and
Cornwall Wildlife Trust.
The reservoir is owned by South West Water and South
West Lakes Trust. The reserve has either fairly
shallow water or mud depending on the water levels;
there are islands at times, some with sallows.
Access to the reserve and the
hide is from the Bolventor to Dozmary Pool road.
Enter through the gate at
OS SX 191754 and proceed down the concrete track to
another gate. Through the gate and southwards along
the the inside of the eastern perimeter fence for
about 400m. leads to the hide at OS SX 186750.
Please ensure that you shut all the gates behind
you.
Much
of the reserve can also be scanned using a scope from
the Bolventor Dozmary road.
The view of the reserve from the
hide
Wildfowl use the reserve and
reservoir in winter and among those present there
are likely to be Pochard, Wigeon, Goldeneye and in
cold weather Smew. Golden Plover, Lapwing and Snipe
are regular in the area and raptors include
Peregrine, Merlin and Buzzard. In some years
Short-eared Owls and Hen Harriers winter.
Sand
Martins, hirundines, warblers and Black Terns can
all be found on spring passage.
Breeding birds include Great Crested Grebe, Canada
Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Teal, Black-headed
Gull, Cuckoo, Whinchat and Reed Bunting. In late
summer and early autumn large numbers of Lesser
Black-backed Gulls roost overnight on the reserve.
Common
and Green Sandpipers start a steady flow of autumn
waders that will in most years include Redshank,
Greenshank, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Little Stint.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Stone Curlew, phalaropes,
Montagu’s and Marsh Harrier, Bluethroat, Corncrake
and skuas are a few of the rarer species that have
occurred at the site.
Warden
and C.B.W.P.S. contact:-
Dave
Conway, Tregenna, Cooksland, Bodmin. (01208 77686).
WeBS count.
Every month for the last 20 years
Dave Conway, the Loveny warden, has carried out a
WeBS count (Wetland Bird Survey www.bto.org/webs/about/history.htm
) of this part of Bodmin Moor. This involves a three
hour transect of Colliford Lake, Loveny Reserve and
Dozmary Pool recording all the wildlife seen.
Some
sample results are shown below
Nov. 22nd
2009 count is shown below.
1 Little Grebe, 1 Great Crested
Grebe, 4 Great Cormorants, 40 Canada Geese, 9 teal,
9 Mallard, 4 Tufted Duck, 1 Moorhen, 11 Coot, 84
Lapwing, 124 Golden Plover, 1 Common Snipe, 85 Black
Headed Gull, 193 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2,
greater Black Backed Gull, 1 Herring Gull,5 Buzzard,
9 Raven,43 Carrion Crow, 18 Jackdaw, 4 Magpie, 84
Starlings, 7 Blackbird, 9 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing, 3
Meadow Pipits, 4 Dunnock, 11 Wren, 7 House Sparrow,
1 Red Deer female, 3 Rabbits.
Dec 21st. 2009
Dozmary pool was frozen and the
main reservoir had ice on the edges.
2 Little grebe, 5 Cormorants, 31 Canada geese, 3
Wigeon, 19 Teal, 4 Mallard, 1 Pochard, 20 Tufted
Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 16 Coot, 60 Golden Plover, 13
Lapwing, 17 Snipe, 249 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 2
Herring Gull, 5 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 merlin, 6
Raven, 21 Carrion Crow, 8 Jackdaw, 10 Magpie, 1
Stock Dove, 39 Fieldfare, 225 Redwing, 8 Blackbird,
2 Song Thrush, 13 Chaffinch, 3 Goldfinch, 6 Dunnock,
2 Pied Wagtails, 6 Long Tail Tits, 330 Starlings.
Jan. 11th 2010
1 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested
Grebe, 4 Cormorants, 99 Canada geese, 11 Teal,
19 Mallard, 6 Pochard, 20 Tufted
Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Moorhen, 8 Coot, 16
Lapwing, 38 Black Headed Gull, 112 Lesser Black Backed Gull,
3 Greater Black Backed Gull, 6 Buzzard, 6
Raven, 38 Carrion Crow, 74 Jackdaw, 4 Magpie, 400
Starling, 11
Stock Dove, 8 Blackbird, 5 Fieldfare, 4 Redwing, 4
Skylark, 1 Robin, 10 Chaffinch, 8 Linnet, 2 Dunnock,
6 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtails, 7 Rabbits.
Feb. 21st 2010
5 Great Crested
Grebe, 2 Cormorants, 1 Grey Heron ,74 Canada geese,
15 Teal, 11 Mallard, 4 Pochard, 3 Shoveler (all
male),35 Tufted
Duck, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Lesser Scaup (male), 10 Coot,
57 Golden Plover, 73
Lapwing, 1 Snipe, 2 Black Headed Gull, 86 Lesser Black Backed Gull,
2 Greater Black Backed Gull, 4 Buzzard, 1
Kestrel, 5 Raven, 24 Carrion Crow, 27 Jackdaw, 8 Magpie,
160
Starling, 1
Stock Dove, 7 Blackbird, 24 Fieldfare, 24 Redwing, 1
Mistle Thrush, 3 Skylark, 5 Robin, 27 Chaffinch, 1
Meadow Pipit, 1 Reed Bunting, 2, Great Tit, 4
Dunnock, 16 House Sparrow, 1 Pied Wagtails, 7 Rabbits.
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