Lavells Lake facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Lavells Lake |
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| Type | Local Nature Reserve |
| Location | Reading, Berkshire |
| OS grid | SU 783 729 |
| Area | 12.5 hectares (31 acres) |
| Managed by | Wokingham District Council and The Friends of Lavell's Lake |
Lavells Lake is a 12.5-hectare (31-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Woodley, a suburb of Reading in Berkshire. It is owned by Wokingham District Council and managed by the council and The Friends of Lavell's Lake. The nature reserve is part of Dinton Pastures Country Park.
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Geography and site
The nature reserve is a lake made from an old gravel pit and it has several bird hides.
History
The lake was opened to the public in 1979 as part of the country park after the area was used for extracting gravel for 14 years.
In 1992 the site was declared as a local nature reserve by Wokingham Borough Council.
Fauna
The site has the following fauna:
Mammals
- Soprano pipistrelle
- Common pipistrelle
- Daubenton's bat
- Brown long-eared bat
- European rabbit
- Red fox
- Roe deer
- Muntjac deer
- Stoat
- Weasel
- Wood mouse
- Eastern gray squirrel
- Field vole
Invertebrates
- Anax imperator
- Aeshna grandis
- Aeshna cyanea
- Aeshna mixta
- Brachytron pratense
- Orthetrum cancellatum
- Sympetrum striolatum
- Sympetrum sanguineum
- Libellula quadrimaculata
- Libellula depressa
- Cordulia aenea
- Cordulegaster boltonii
- Aeshna juncea
- Calopteryx virgo
- Pyrrhosoma nymphula
- Enallagma cyathigerum
- Coenagrion lunulatum
- Ischnura elegans
- Erythromma najas
- Pieris napi
- Pieris brassicae
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Pieris rapae
- Gonepteryx rhamni
- Pyronia tithonus
- Maniola jurtina
- Melanargia galathea
- Aphantopus hyperantus
- Pararge aegeria
- Polygonia c-album
- Vanessa cardui
- Aglais io
- Vanessa atalanta
- Aglais urticae
- Polyommatus icarus
- Celastrina argiolus
- Aricia agestis
- Lycaena phlaeas
- Thymelicus sylvestris
- Thymelicus lineola
- Ochlodes sylvanus
Birds
- Little grebe
- Great crested grebe
- Bittern
- Little egret
- Grey heron
- Greylag goose
- Canada goose
- Mute swan
- Egyptian goose
- Shelduck
- Mandarin duck
- Wigeon
- Gadwall
- Teal
- Mallard
- Northern pintail
- Garganey
- Shoveler
- Red-crested pochard
- Pochard
- Tufted duck
- Goldeneye
- Smew
- Goosander
- Red kite
- Marsh harrier
- Sparrowhawk
- Common buzzard
- Osprey
- Common kestrel
- Hobby
- Peregrine falcon
- Red-legged partridge
- Pheasant
- Water rail
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Oystercatcher
- Little ringed plover
- Ringed plover
- Golden plover
- Northern lapwing
- Dunlin
- Ruff
- Jack snipe
- Snipe
- Black-tailed godwit
- Bar-tailed godwit
- Whimbrel
- Curlew
- Redshank
- Greenshank
- Green sandpiper
- Common sandpiper
- Mediterranean gull
- Little gull
- Black-headed gull
- Common gull
- Lesser black-backed gull
- Herring gull
- Yellow-legged gull
- Greater black-backed gull
- Sandwich tern
- Common tern
- Arctic tern
- Black tern
- Feral pigeon
- Stock dove
- Wood pigeon
- Collared dove
- Ring-necked parakeet
- Common cuckoo
- Barn owl
- Little owl
- Tawny owl
- Common swift
- Common kingfisher
- Green woodpecker
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Skylark
- Sand martin
- Swallow
- House martin
- Meadow pipit
- Yellow wagtail
- Grey wagtail
- Pied wagtail
- Eurasian wren
- Dunnock
- Robin
- Nightingale
- Redstart
- Whinchat
- Stonechat
- Northern wheatear
- Blackbird
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- Song thrush
- Sedge warbler
- Reed warbler
- Lesser whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Garden warbler
- Blackcap
- Common chiffchaff
- Willow warbler
- Goldcrest
- Firecrest
- Spotted flycatcher
- Long-tailed tit
- Coal tit
- Blue tit
- Great tit
- Nuthatch
- Treecreeper
- Jay
- Magpie
- Jackdaw
- Rook
- Carrion crow
- Raven
- Starling
- House sparrow
- Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Siskin
- Linnet
- Lesser redpoll
- Bullfinch
- Reed bunting
Amphibians and reptiles
Flora
The site has the following flora:
Trees
Plants
- Impatiens glandulifera
- Leucojum aestivum
- Ulex europaeus
- Anthriscus sylvestris
- Dipsacus
- Primula veris
- Phragmites communis
- Inula helenium
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