Hilfield Park Reservoir

Hilfield Park Reservoir is a 76.3 ha (189 acres) construction built in 1953 between Bushey and Elstree in Hertfordshire, and owned by Affinity Water.

Declared a Local Nature Reserve (LNR) in 1969, it is managed by the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT).

It is of national importance for pochards, tufted ducks and common tern, and it is also significant for mallards, shovellers and teal.

The margins have marshy areas with many breeding birds and marsh plants, such as reedmace and reed canarygrass.

[3][4] In 2011 an eastern crowned warbler was caught and ringed, only the second to be found in Britain.