Bake Fishing Lakes (); also known as Bake Lakes, Bake Farm Lakes or Bake Pools; is the name for a group of lakes at Bake Farm, near Trerulefoot,

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, UK. There are seven lakes in total; they are used for

angling Angling is a fishing technique that uses a fish hook or "angle" (from Old English ''angol'') attached to a fishing line to tether individual fish in the mouth. The fishing line is usually manipulated via a fishing rod, although rodless techni ...

, and are stocked with a variety of fish species. The site is known among dragonfly enthusiasts as one of the first sites in

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where the Lesser Emperor was recorded as breeding, in 1999 (Pellow 2000).

References

* Pellow, Keith (2000) Lesser Emperor Dragonfly ''Anax parthenope'' (Selys) breeding in Cornwall ''

Atropos Atropos (; grc, Ἄτροπος "without turn") or Aisa, in Greek mythology, was one of the three Moirai, goddesses of fate and destiny. Her Roman equivalent was Morta. Atropos was the oldest of the Three Fates, and was known as "the Infle ...

''; No. 9, pp. 28–29

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Bake Lakes
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