Chasewater Dam

British Waterways has asked us to update blog readers with the following post: “The reservoir is currently at around 3.5m deep  and the water levels need to be lowered to around 2m to complete the fish rescue. “Once the contractor is on site they will install pumps to reduce the water levels further and we [...]

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With summer in full swing, animals everywhere are tending their young. This is no exception at Chasewater, where many Little Ringed Plovers have decided to nest on the shoreline. To keep them safe, we have therefore had to fence off large portions of the shoreline as the birds nest on the ground amongst pebbles, and [...]

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