Hodbarrow Nature Reserve
Hodbarrow Nature Reserve is on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The reserve occupies an area where iron ore was mined until the 1960s. It is on the Duddon Estuary near the town of Millom.
The RSPB reserve consists mainly of Hodbarrow lagoon, a flooded part of the former mine, which is described as a "coastal lagoon".[1] The mining caused subsidence and since the closure of the mine the site is no longer dewatered. However, it continues to be protected from the sea by a seawall completed in 1905.[2] There is a bird hide on the seawall which gives views of the lagoon.
Wildlife
The lagoon is part of the Duddon Estuary Site of Special Scientific Interest.[3] Hodbarrow is renowned for large numbers of wildfowl during the winter, especially teal, widgeon, coot, mallard, tufted duck, common pochard, goldeneye, red-breasted merganser, and occasionally long-tailed duck, eider, goosander, pintail and shoveller.
References
- ↑ Hodbarrow. RSPB
- ↑ Hodbarrow Sea Defences
- ↑ "Duddon Estuary, Cumbria" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
External links
- RSPB Hodbarrow
- Millom's premier information website
- Millom information website
- The Cumbria Directory - Hodbarrow Nature Reserve
- Hodbarrow Woodland Trust (VisitWoods website)