Arlington Reservoir

For the historic structure in Arlington, Massachusetts, see Arlington Reservoir (Arlington, Massachusetts).

Arlington Reservoir
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Shown within East Sussex
Area of Search	East Sussex
Grid reference	TQ535075
Coordinates	50°50′47″N 0°10′53″E / 50.846508°N 0.181395°E / 50.846508; 0.181395Coordinates: 50°50′47″N 0°10′53″E / 50.846508°N 0.181395°E / 50.846508; 0.181395
Interest	Biological
Area	99.4 hectares (246 acres)
Notification	1985 (1985)
Natural England website

Arlington Reservoir is a 99.4 hectare (245.6 acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Arlington, East Sussex. The site was notified in 1985 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.^[1] It is also a Local Nature Reserve.^[2]^[3]

Wildlife

The site is of ornithological interest, with over 1% of the wintering wigeon being populated within the site. Alder Alnus glutinosa and willow Salix species are part of the open water. The site is also home to a scrub of hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna). A large jetty juts into the water and a few hundred yards away there is a water treatment building. The reservoir was originally created by damming the River Cuckmere, which previously meandered to the middle of the present-day reservoir. The Cuckmere is now channelled in a straight line just to the east.

At the northwest banks of the reservoir is the Osprey Birdhide, and this is the best place to see the population of cormorants which regularly come to sit on the banks and trees surrounding water. Other species include great crested grebe, swallow, mallard, pied wagtail, coot, Canada goose, rook, and sheep graze in the surrounding water meadows. Black swans, presumably escapes from captivity, can often be seen on the water.

References

↑ "SSSI Citation — Arlington Reservoir" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
↑ "Arlington Reservoir". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.
↑ "Map of Arlington Reservoir". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England.

External links

Reservoir level from South East Water

Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in East Sussex, South East England

Arlington Reservoir Asham Quarry Ashburnham Park Ashdown Forest Bingletts Wood Blackhorse Quarry Bream Wood Brede Pit and Cutting Brighton to Newhaven Cliffs Burgh Hill Farm Meadow Buxted Park Castle Hill Chailey Common Clayton to Offham Escarpment Combe Haven Dallington Forest Darwell Wood Ditchling Common Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Eridge Green Eridge Park Firle Escarpment Folkington Reservoir Fore Wood Hastingford Cutting Hastings Cliffs to Pett Beach Heathfield Park Hemingfold Meadow Herstmonceux Park High Rocks High Woods Houghton Green Cliff Kingston Escarpment and Iford Hill Leasam Heronry Wood Lewes Brooks Lewes Downs Lower Dicker Lullington Heath Maplehurst Wood Marline Valley Woods Milton Gate Marsh Northiam Offham Marshes Paines Cross Meadow Park Corner Heath Penn's Rocks Pevensey Levels Plashett Park Wood River Line Rock Wood Rye Harbour Sapperton Meadows Seaford to Beachy Head Southerham Grey Pit Southerham Machine Bottom Pit Southerham Works Pit St. Dunstan's Farm Meadows Stockland Farm Meadows Waldron Cutting Weir Wood Reservoir Willingdon Down Willingford Meadows Wilmington Downs Winchelsea Cutting

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