From water supply to wildlife - Witton Lakes, Birmingham
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From water supply to wildlife - Witton Lakes, Birmingham
Image: © Martin Richard Phelan Taken: 9 Aug 2013
Witton Lakes were created in the 19th century as drinking water reservoirs and served this purpose until superseded by the supply from the Elan Valley reservoirs. They now support numbers of wildfowl. Time photo taken 2.53 pm BST (British Summer Time).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.530384
Longitude
-1.867141