Potteric Carr Nature Reserve
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2008 POTTERIC CARR PHOTOGRAPH COMPETITION
Entries were of a high standard and the 18 photographers who submitted some 60 images are thanked for their participation. The prize-winning photographs, runners-up and commended photos are now on display in the Tofield Room.

The Results:

Landscape & Wildlife
1st Bittern & Perch (Mike Breedon; see Home page), 2nd Redpoll (Adrian Andruchiw; see Gallery page), 3rd Hoverfly (Ron Moat)
Portraits at Potteric
1st Man on Bridge (Sue Trout), 2nd Portrait (Harold Armitage), 3rd Heron Roosting (Peter Clelford)
Creative Use of Light
1st Silver Birch (Andrew Duffy), 2nd Sunset at Decoy Hide (Andrew Ramsay), 3rd Teasel (Adrian Gray)

Freestyle Junior
1st Run Rabbit Run (Austin Morris)

Some of the prize-winning entries will be shown on this website periodically.

REVISED NAMES FOR AREAS OF THE RESERVE EXTENSION LAND

Potteric Carr nature reserve was extended from 320 acres to 500 acres in 2004. The newly purchased 180 acres of farmland, then referred to as the “extension land”, was at that time known as Huxter Well Fields and Rossington Carr Fields for the purposes of bird recording. The names were modified to Huxter Well Marsh and Rossington Carr Fields after wetland habitat was created west of the public bridlepath, which at that time divided to two areas. With further wetland habitat created on part of Rossington Carr Fields and the diversion of the bridlepath, the time is right to rename this part of the Reserve and its sub-divisions.
(A map with all the new names is in preparation)

The following names are now being used for bird recording:

Huxter Well

This is the name given to the whole of the extension land, formerly known as Huxter Well Marsh/Rossington Carr Fields.

Principal sub-divisions of Huxter Well

St.Catherine’s Field

The pasture grassland in the south-west corner of Huxter Well.

Central Grassland

The raised area of dry grassland in the middle of Huxter Well.

Grassy Knoll

The small dry grassland between cells 3a & 3b.

Rossington Carr Fields

The area of grassland/grazing marsh east of the new public bridleway.

Cell 1 to Cell 4 and the Lagoon

The wetland cells will retain their civil engineering numbers, and the Lagoon will keep its name.

East Scrape and West Scrape

Scrape 1 becomes West Scrape and Scrape 2 becomes East Scrape.

 

WATER VOLE SIGHTINGS
Visitors are asked to report any sightings of Water Voles anywhere on the Reserve to Siggy Parrett-Halbert  c/o the reception office, please.

Since last summer's floods, few of these endangered voles have been recorded.