Amwell GP
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By Car: Leave the A10 heading towards the A414 and at the roundabout take the B181 towards St Margarets. Take the second road on the left - Amwell Lane (just before the level crossing) - and after a kilometre park on the right at TL377122 | By Car: Leave the A10 heading towards the A414 and at the roundabout take the B181 towards St Margarets. Take the second road on the left - Amwell Lane (just before the level crossing) - and after a kilometre park on the right at TL377122 | ||
| + | By Public Transport: Take a train from Liverpool Street station towards Hertford North and disembark at St Margarets station. On the east side of the station follow the road - River Meads - northwards until the lock. Walk north for a kilometre towards the lookout point with the reserve across the canal on your right. | ||
Map: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=537750&y=212250&z=1&sv=537750,212250&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=537390&ay=212525] | Map: [http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=537750&y=212250&z=1&sv=537750,212250&st=4&ar=N&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf&ax=537390&ay=212525] | ||
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| + | Access: Most people only watch from the lookout point although there is a circular walk around the reserve with a hide at the northern end. | ||
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| + | Winter: A reliable place for Smew, usually including a few drakes. Other ducks such as Wigeon, Teal, Goldeneye, Pochard and Tufted Duck should also be present. Bitterns can sometimes be seen, typically at dusk and there is a roost of gulls, often including a Mediterranean Gull and Little Egrets roost on one of the wooded islands. | ||
Revision as of 09:04, 28 December 2006
Amwell Gravel Pit (or Amwell Quarry Nature Reserve to give it its full name) is located in the Upper Lee Valley.
Directions:
By Car: Leave the A10 heading towards the A414 and at the roundabout take the B181 towards St Margarets. Take the second road on the left - Amwell Lane (just before the level crossing) - and after a kilometre park on the right at TL377122
By Public Transport: Take a train from Liverpool Street station towards Hertford North and disembark at St Margarets station. On the east side of the station follow the road - River Meads - northwards until the lock. Walk north for a kilometre towards the lookout point with the reserve across the canal on your right.
Map: [1]
Access: Most people only watch from the lookout point although there is a circular walk around the reserve with a hide at the northern end.
Birds:
Winter: A reliable place for Smew, usually including a few drakes. Other ducks such as Wigeon, Teal, Goldeneye, Pochard and Tufted Duck should also be present. Bitterns can sometimes be seen, typically at dusk and there is a roost of gulls, often including a Mediterranean Gull and Little Egrets roost on one of the wooded islands.
