点评:After staying overnight in the nearby Greenwood Hotel, we were looking for somewhere to have a morning walk and this came up, so along we came for our inaugural visit.
Firstly, well signposted from the road, large free car park and an interesting visitor centre with pleasant cafe and nature shop. One key point is that no dogs are allowed on the nature reserve, so not a suitable space for dog owners, but obviously also a key point for bird watchers and nature lovers.
The key selling point here are the walks to be had through the nature reserve, of which there are three main signposted trails. As others have mentioned there is a very good family and buggy friendly Wind in the Willows trail, at 1.2km, which is along well-defined flat paths and with several wonderful, themed sculptures en route. Then there is the moderately graded Well wood trail, which gives access to the four bird hides on the reservoir, and takes about an hour. And finally, the slightly shorter Hawks Wood trail, which is marked as challenging, but for anyone who can step over obstacles, it really isn’t.
We took the Well Wood trail out, detouring to look at all four hides, and the continued on for a stop and a coffee at the Hanningford Waterside Park, before walking through Well Wood to join the Hawks Wood trail and return to the Discovery Centre and it was a thoroughly enjoyable three hours.
Plenty of flower, fauna and wildlife boards around the trails and the ant colonies to be found on the Hawks Wood trail were particularly fascinating.
翻译:在附近的格林伍德酒店过夜后,我们想找个地方晨练,正好发现了这里,于是便前来进行了我们的首次探访。
首先,从公路到这里都有清晰的路标,还有一个大型免费停车场,以及一个有趣的游客中心,里面有舒适的咖啡馆和自然商店。需要注意的是,自然保护区内禁止携带宠物犬,因此这里不太适合带狗人士,但显然也是观鸟者和自然爱好者的理想去处。
这里最大的亮点在于自然保护区内的徒步路线,共有三条主要的步道,均设有路标。正如其他人提到的,有一条非常适合家庭和婴儿车的“柳林风声”步道,全长1.2公里,沿着平坦清晰的小路,沿途还有几座精美的主题雕塑。此外,还有一条难度适中的“威尔伍德”步道,可以通往水库边的四个观鸟屋,全程大约需要一个小时。最后,我们选择了稍短一些的霍克斯伍德步道,这条步道虽然被标记为“挑战级”,但对于能够跨越障碍物的人来说,其实并不难。
我们选择了威尔伍德步道,途中绕道参观了四个观鸟屋,然后继续前行,在汉宁福德滨水公园稍作停留喝了杯咖啡,之后穿过威尔伍德步道与霍克斯伍德步道汇合,最终返回探索中心。整个行程非常愉快,三个小时的行程令人难忘。
步道周围有很多关于花卉、动物和野生动植物的介绍牌,霍克斯伍德步道上的蚂蚁群落尤其引人入胜。