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Looking south over the twin basins of the King George V Reservoir and the William Girling Reservoir in background
The Chingford Reservoirs are the King George V Reservoir and the William Girling Reservoir , which form part of the Lee Valley Reservoir Chain in the London Boroughs of Enfield and Waltham Forest and Epping Forest in Essex .[1] [2] John Mowlem &Co being the contractor,[3] [2]
The reservoirs are a 391.3-hectare (967-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest , of which 316.3 hectares are in London and 75 hectares in Essex. They are comparatively shallow and provide open water habitat for wildfowl, gulls and waders.[1]
The reservoirs are major wintering grounds for wildfowl, including nationally important populations of shovelers and great crested grebes . They also attract significant numbers of goldeneye ducks , tufted ducks and goosanders . The reservoirs are also one of the capital's main roosting site for gulls; 70,000 of these have been recorded at one time, the majority being black-headed gulls , common gulls , lesser black-backed gulls and herring gulls .[1]
Since the 1950s, the reservoirs have been providing a refuge for wildfowl while they are vulnerable during the late summer moult, and in some years, moulting flocks of great crested grebe have also used the reservoirs as a refuge. The reservoirs have also been used by migratory birds as a stopover site in autumn and spring, and yellow wagtail regularly breed here. A total of over 85 species of wetlands birds have been recorded at the site.[1]
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^ a b Smith, D. (2001). Civil Engineering Heritage . Thomas Telford. pp. 69–74. ISBN 0-7277-2876-8
^ Smith, Denis (2001). London and the Thames Valley ISBN 978-0-7277-2876-0
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