Crowdy Reservoir is located on Bodmin Moor near

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in north

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. It is currently managed, jointly by the South West Lakes Trust and

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. There is public access to the reservoir away from the nature reserve. The reservoir supplies water to the North Cornwall water distribution network via treatment at the Lowermoor Water Treatment Works.

History

The concrete dam was completed on Crowdy Marsh in 1973.

Geography

Crowdy Reservoir is a reservoir on the northern edge of Bodmin Moor Cornwall. It is mostly in the

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of Advent and includes a small area in

Davidstow Davidstow ( kw, Logdewi (village) and kw, Pluwdhewi (parish)) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is north of Bodmin Moor straddling the A395 road about north of Camelford. The hamlets of Hal ...

parish and is fed by run-off and drainage from the surrounding moorland. The nearest town is

to the east;

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is to the south; Davidstow Moor on the east shore and to the north is the former Davidstow Airfield now partially covered by a

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plantation, Davidstow Woods. The eastern two-thirds is within the Bodmin Moor, North Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The reservoir provides water to parts of

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Natural history and ecology

Built on a marsh, the reservoir still retains a high degree of biological interest with a gradual transition from emergent vegetation with islets and peat to open water. Cornwall's only major colony of

black-headed gull The black-headed gull (''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'') is a small gull that breeds in much of the Palearctic including Europe and also in coastal eastern Canada. Most of the population is migratory and winters further south, but some birds r ...

(''Chroicocephalus ridibundus'') breed here and a number wildfowl also breed or overwinter here. Some of the species include, gadwall (''Anas strepera''),

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(''Bucephala clangula''),

goosander The common merganser (North American) or goosander (Eurasian) (''Mergus merganser'') is a large seaduck of rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, Asia, and North America. The common merganser eats mainly fish. It nests in holes in trees. ...

(''Mergus merganser''), mallard (''Anas platyrhynchos''),

common pochard The common pochard (; ''Aythya ferina'') is a medium-sized diving duck. The scientific name is derived from Greek '' aithuia'', an unidentified seabird mentioned by authors including Hesychius and Aristotle, and Latin ''ferina'', "wild game", ...

(''Aythya ferina''),

shoveller The shovelers or shovellers are four species of dabbling ducks with long, broad spatula-shaped beaks: * Red shoveler, ''Anas platalea'' * Cape shoveler, ''Anas smithii'' * Australasian shoveler, ''Anas rhynchotis'' * Northern shoveler, ''Anas c ...

(''Anas clypeata''),

teal alt=American teal duck (male), Green-winged teal (male) Teal is a greenish-blue colour. Its name comes from that of a bird — the Eurasian teal (''Anas crecca'') — which presents a similarly coloured stripe on its head. The word is oft ...

(''Anas crecca'') and

tufted duck The tufted duck or tufted pochard (''Aythya fuligula'') is a small diving duck with a population of close to one million birds, found in northern Eurasia. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek '' aithuia'', an unidentified seabird ment ...

(''Aythya fuligula'').

References

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History

Geography

Natural history and ecology

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