Plaum's Pit, Cheney Manor, Swindon
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Plaum's Pit, Cheney Manor, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 5 Jun 2007
This large pond is a well-used facility for anglers. However, it is also an unofficial nature reserve with a varied population of water birds including moorhens, coots, swans and ducks. Also to be seen are dragonflies and damselflies. The pond is tucked away between an industrial estate, houses and allotments. I should know how it came by its name but I don't I'm afraid. It may well once have been a brickworks, or at least a claypit.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.575584
Longitude
-1.805146