Bartley Reservoir
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Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England. It covers 460,000 square metres.
It is known as the place where Bill Oddie did much of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably Bill Oddie's Gone Birding) and television programmes. His first ever published article, for the West Midland Bird Club's annual report, was about the birds of the reservoir.
[edit] History
Most of the land occupied by Bartley Reservoir was in the parish of Northfield, originally in Worcestershire. It was transferred to Warwickshire when Northfield became part of Birmingham in November, 1911, and thus became part of the West Midlands county on the latter's creation in 1974.
However, the south-west end of the reservoir overlapped into the parish of Frankley, in Worcestershire (Hereford and Worcester, from 1974)[1]. In April 1995 part of Frankley (including the south-west part of Bartley Reservoir) was transferred to Birmingham and thus joined the rest of the reservoir in the West Midlands county.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- West Midland Bird Club page on Bartley Reservoir
- Bartley Reservoir article by Bill Oddie, from West Midlands Bird Club's archive
- grid reference SP004811
