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Crowdy Reservoir

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Built on a marsh, the reservoir still retains a high degree of biological interest with a gradual transition from emergent vegetation with islets and peat to open water. Cornwall's only major colony of
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is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south; Davidstow Moor on the east shore and to the north is the former
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parish and is fed by run-off and drainage from the surrounding moorland. The nearest town is
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plantation, Davidstow Woods. The eastern two-thirds is within the Bodmin Moor, North
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Crowdy Reservoir is a reservoir on the northern edge of
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The concrete dam was completed on Crowdy Marsh in 1973.
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Crowdy Reservoir is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
50°37′20″N 4°37′20″W / 50.62222°N 4.62222°W / 50.62222; -4.62222
Type
reservoir
Basin

Bodmin Moor
Camelford
Cornwall
South West Water
Lowermoor Water Treatment Works
Bodmin Moor
civil parish
Advent
Davidstow
Camelford
Roughtor
Davidstow Airfield
Forestry England
Site of Special Scientific Interest
North Cornwall
black-headed gull
gadwall
goldeneye
goosander
mallard
common pochard
shoveller

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