Byfield Pool

Byfield Pool
Type	Nature reserve
Location	Byfield, Northamptonshire
OS grid	SP 501 527
Area	4 hectares
Managed by	Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire

Byfield Pool is a 4 hectare nature reserve west of Byfield in Northamptonshire. It was managed by the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire until 2020, when management was handed back to the Canal & River Trust, who own the site. ^[1]

This secluded pool, which is adjacent to the Boddington Reservoir, was constructed in the 1790s to supply water to the Oxford Canal. ^[1] Water rails and tufted ducks breed on the pond, and there are many frogs and other amphibians. A wide range of other birds nest in the adjacent scrub and woods. Mammals include rabbits and red foxes.

There is access by a footpath from Boddington Road east of Boddington Reservoir, and by a footpath from Byfield.

References

1. "Byfield Pool". Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire & Northamptonshire. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

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