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| Sketch map: Manorfields Pools |
(This post's a bit of a cheat, it's not so much of a map or guide as a reminder to myself how to avoid a half mile walk following Google Maps' directions.)
The Manorfields Pools Local Nature Reserve is a small stretch of the River Trent on the University of Staffordshire campus ten minutes' walk away from Stoke on Trent Station. There's a small reed bed by the pool at the Western end of the reserve and another by the bridge connecting the campus with the path to Lordship Lane. The area by the retail park is lightly wooded and hedgerows separate the path to the pool from the field by Lordship Lane.
I went hunting for the marsh warbler that had been seen here in June 2023 and missed it by an hour. There were plenty of other warblers about: chiffchaffs and blackcaps in the trees, whitethroats in the hedgerow and sedge warblers in the reed beds. There was also a profusion of dragonflies on the river.
One of those sites to pop over to for an hour's wander if I'm ever in the area,
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