Litton Reservoirs

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lake_name = Litton Reservoirs
image_lake = Littonreslower.jpg
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location = Somerset
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Litton Reservoirs (also known as Coley Reservoirs) (gbmapping|ST590553) are two reservoirs near the village of Litton, Somerset, England. They are operated by Bristol Water.

They lie on the boundary between Bath and North East Somerset and Mendip districts.

The individual lakes are called Lower Litton and Upper Litton. The former is convert|8|acre|m2 in size, the latter 16 acres and much deeper.

A public footpath goes around the lakes and across the dam. The banks are home to a variety of flowers including; Primroses ("Primula vulgaris"), Common Bluebell ("Hyacinthoides non-scripta", sometimes "Endymion non-scriptus" or "Scilla non-scripta"), Wood anemone ("Anemone nemorosa"), Violets and Campion. ref|Vile

Several species of birds are frequent visitors including; Moorhen ("Gallinula"), Coot ("Fulica"), Mallard ("Anas platyrhynchos"), Swan and Tufted duck ("Aythya fuligula"). ref|Vile

Fishing (under permit) is generally for rainbow ("Oncorhynchus mykiss", formerly "Salmo iridia") and Brown trout ("Salmo trutta" morpha "fario" and "S. trutta" morpha "lacustris"). Fish breeding takes place in the netted area immediately below the upper dam is the site for fish breeding.

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References

External links

* [http://eis.bris.ac.uk/~cckhrb/BW/bris_wa.htm Personal website of a Bristol Water employee]
* [http://www.chewvalleyfishing.co.uk/ Fishing Information for the Litton Reservoirs]
* [http://www.riverchew.co.uk/ River Chew web site]