No rain and low water threatens wildlife numbers at Brent Reservoir

No rain has meant low water levels and large areas of contaminated silt at Brent Reservoir. Bird numbers are down and migrant wader passage has been negligible. It all highlights the poor state of the marshes - feeding grounds and habitat for birds and other wildlife. It’s a SSSI under threat.

Tomorrow Cool Oak meets with Canal and River Trust for the first in a series of regular meetings aimed at future planning. We want to ensure key areas threatening the reservoir - over-silting, sediment contamination, water quality, plastic pollution, wetlands neglect - are properly addressed going forward with the promise of real funding and progressive timetabling.