| Date of Declaration: |
01/01/1977 |
Declaring Authority: |
Allerdale Borough Council |
| Area (Ha): |
23.81 |
Grid Reference: |
NY 001 302 |
| Owned By: |
Allerdale Borough Council |
Managed By: |
Allerdale Borough Council |
| Location: |
Wedgwood Street, Workington, CA14 1 |
| How to get there: |
Please check how to get to the LNR e.g. Using Traveline Traveline website or phone 0871 200 22 33 (chargeable call)
Siddick Pond is 1 km north of Workington, 10 minutes walk from town centre along the Cycleway. |
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| Visitor facilities:
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We advise you to check information about the current visitor facilities before you go to the LNR e.g. through the local authority or managing body's website. |
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| What to see: |
At 14.5 ha Siddick Pond is the largest coastal water body in the area. The location, fringing reedbed, surrounding grassland and scrub provide excellent habitats for waterfowl and other birds and more than 155 species have been recorded. In recent years the extensive reedbed has attracted wintering bittern with five recorded in 2004.
Breeding birds include mute swan, little grebe, pochard, shoveler, and tufted duck; seabirds such as little tern and waders such as redshank and others including sedge warbler, reed bunting and linnet. Scrub nesting warblers include grasshopper, willow and garden warbler, whitethroat and blackcap. Spectacular starling roosts of up to 20,000 birds which attract sparrowhawks. One of three sites in northern England for small blue butterfly found on grassy banks with kidney vetch. |
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| Volunteer and 'Friends': |
For information about volunteering and 'Friends' groups, please contact the manager and see teh local authority or managing body's website. |
| Contact the local authority or owner of the LNR for further information - e.g. through the Local authority website. |
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The information in this database is continuously being updated for all 1600 LNRs in England. Please notify us if you are aware of any discrepancies on these pages by contacting our Enquiry Service with the details. |