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Difference between revisions of "Stanley Pool" - BirdForum Opus

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Very incomplete total = 54
 
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'''Please note:''' The only approved and complete list of birds for this site is held within the Staffordshire birds database - contact the [mailto:[email protected] Staffordshire Recorder] for details.
  
 
==Other Wildlife==
 
==Other Wildlife==
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==Site Information==
 
==Site Information==
===Associated literature===
 
None available afaik
 
  
 
===History and Use===
 
===History and Use===
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===Areas of Interest===
 
===Areas of Interest===
At best when the canal useage has dropped the water level when the site should prove attractive to waders.  Can be busy though so birds rarely stay long.  Pool beyond footbridge in the SE of the site can be of interest
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At best in late summer or early autumn when the canal useage has dropped the water level and the site can then attract waders.  Can be busy though so birds rarely stay long.  Pool beyond footbridge in the SE of the site can be of interest
  
 
===Access and Facilities===
 
===Access and Facilities===
 
[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=53.063243,-2.103388&spn=0.009478,0.021093&t=h&z=16&msid=118209269367094647896.0004490e698475ce605ca Google map for Stanley Pool]
 
[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=53.063243,-2.103388&spn=0.009478,0.021093&t=h&z=16&msid=118209269367094647896.0004490e698475ce605ca Google map for Stanley Pool]
  
Access is legitimate only from footpath at far end and from the main entrance.
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Access is legitimate only from footpath at the stream-in end to the S where a footpath runs from Bagnall across the reservoir bridge, and also from the main entrance - a footpath runs along the main entrance road and exits to the R of the dam making it possible to park in Puddy Lane below the dam and walk up path beside dam-pool to view across the water.
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===Survey work known===
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None known so...
  
It is possible to park in Puddy Lane below the dam and walk up path beside dam-pool to view across the water
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''To do''
  
 
==Contact Details==
 
==Contact Details==
None known
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==Regularly watched by:==
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==Regularly bird-watched by:==
 
add names; jackhaye
 
add names; jackhaye
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==References==
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
Please add if any reputable, non-commercial, sites are known.
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Please add if any reputable and non-commercial sites are known.
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==Other sites nearby are:==
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''To do''
  
 
==Reviews==
 
==Reviews==

Revision as of 16:15, 23 March 2008

Photo by Andy Lawrence
Stanley Pool panorama

Overview

Small canal-feeder reservoir at Stanley in North Staffordshire

to do

Birds

Notable Species

None.

Rarities

None

Check-list

Surely incomplete - please add the extras species previous contributors not seen and adjust the total:

Birds you can see here include:

Great Crested Grebe, Great Cormorant, Grey Heron, Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Eurasian Wigeon, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Ringed Teal (esc), Common Kestrel, Common Pheasant, Common Coot, Common Moorhen, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Bar-tailed Godwit, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Curlew, Black-headed Gull, Common Tern, Stock Dove, Common Woodpigeon, Common Swift, Common Kingfisher, Green Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Northern House Martin, Barn Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Dunnock, Winter Wren, European Robin, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Redwing, Sedge Warbler, Common Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, European Starling, Eurasian Jay, Eurasian Magpie, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, Eurasian Bullfinch, Eurasian Linnet

Very incomplete total = 54

Please note: The only approved and complete list of birds for this site is held within the Staffordshire birds database - contact the Staffordshire Recorder for details.

Other Wildlife

To do

Site Information

History and Use

To do

Areas of Interest

At best in late summer or early autumn when the canal useage has dropped the water level and the site can then attract waders. Can be busy though so birds rarely stay long. Pool beyond footbridge in the SE of the site can be of interest

Access and Facilities

Google map for Stanley Pool

Access is legitimate only from footpath at the stream-in end to the S where a footpath runs from Bagnall across the reservoir bridge, and also from the main entrance - a footpath runs along the main entrance road and exits to the R of the dam making it possible to park in Puddy Lane below the dam and walk up path beside dam-pool to view across the water.

Survey work known

None known so...

To do

Contact Details

To do

Regularly bird-watched by:

add names; jackhaye

References

To do

External Links

Please add if any reputable and non-commercial sites are known.

Other sites nearby are:

To do

Reviews

Please add any visit details

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