About Wildlife around the lake area of Blackleach Reservoir

The area within a five mile radius of Blackleach Reservoir is home to 48 species of birds.

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Blackleach Reservoir is a very small lake in Greater Manchester at an altitude of about 101 meters. The shoreline of Blackleach Reservoir is approximately 1.135 Kilometers round and Blackleach Reservoir's depth is comparatively shallow.

Blackleach Reservoir is a freshwater lake.

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Blackleach Reservoir Map

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Birds found near Blackleach Reservoir

There have been 48 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Blackleach Reservoir.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)