Baitings Dam
Baitings Reservoir
Baitings Dam is a reservoir with a spectacular overflow cascade. Located on the Blackstone Edge Road between Littleborough and Ripponden.
Created: 3 November 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Baitings Reservoir Details
Baitings Reservoir is a small freshwater lake in West Yorkshire, situated at an altitude of around 256 meters and is shallow.
The shoreline of Baitings Reservoir is approximately 2.697 Kilometers all the way round.
- Altitude: 256 m
- Shoreline: 2.697 Km
- Depth: Shallow
Baitings Reservoir
Local History around Baitings Reservoir
There are some historic monuments around including:
Oxygrains packhorse bridge, RishworthBowl barrow known as Beacon HillClose Gate BridgeCastle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary HallMeg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlementRing cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling RoydRipponden (or Waterloo) BridgeWayside cross located on Slate Pit HillBlackstone Edge Roman roadCairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay HouseBlackstone Edge Roman road.Wildlife in and around Baitings Reservoir
Baitings Reservoir Birds
There are 144 species of birds recorded as found near Baitings Reservoir.
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
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