Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve
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Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve is a 160 hectares (400 acres) nature reserve,[1] formally opened on 19 May 2011,[2][1] created and run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds[1] at Middleton, Warwickshire, England,[1] just south of Tamworth.[3] The Northern part of the reserve lies in Staffordshire,[1] yet the reserve is only a few minutes from the outskirts of Birmingham.[4]
Middleton Lakes | |
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Location | Middleton, Warwickshire, England |
Coordinates | 52.5885°N 1.7038°W / 52.5885; -1.7038 (Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve - nominal location) |
Area | 160 hectares (400 acres) |
Created | 19 May 2011 (2011-05-19) |
Operated by | RSPB |
Website | www |
Much of the site was, until its acquisition by the RSPB in 2007, a gravel quarry, operated by Hanson Aggregates.[1] The site was formerly referred to, in birding literature, as Fishers Mill- (Warwickshire),[5] Drayton Bassett- (Staffordshire)[5] and Dosthill- (to the East) -Lakes, -Pools, -Pits or -Gravel Pits.[6]