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Thacka Beck Nature Reserve has Hay meadows, wet grassland, scrub, hedges, ponds and the beck provide homes for a wealth of wildlife. Although small in size, the nature reserve has a remarkable number of birds.
There’s an easy circuit around the reserve on level ground (850m/0.5miles). We request that visitors do not access fenced off areas to minimise disturbance to wildlife and livestock, and dogs are not permitted in the fenced areas.
There is a surfaced path suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs around the reserve on level ground. Wheelchair-friendly kissing gates give access from Thacka Lane, Cowper Road and Bowerbank Way.
About the Thacka Beck Nature Reserve
Wildlife highlights
- In spring -blackthorn and other blossoms, returning migrant birds and marsh marigolds.
- In summer - butterflies in the hay meadows and swallows, house martins and swifts catch insects over the ponds. Enjoy the splashes of summer colour in the hay meadows.
- In autumn - flocks of fieldfare and redwing feed in the hedgerows whilst the thistles and knapweed attract flocks of goldfinches.
- In Winter - residents include mallards and moorhen.
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