This page relates to wildlife in the area in and around the two lakes, known as Thrupp Lake and Bullfield Lake (or, to Didcot Power station operators, as lakes ‘E’ and ‘F’) at grid reference SU 518 975. These lakes were once threatened with extinction by Didcot ash disposal operations. Full story. |
Thrupp Lake (15 May 2005). |
Tour of the Lakes |
Click on the above to see some photographs of the lakes. |
Ecology of the Lakes |
Click on the above for an article about the ecology of the lakes |
What’s in the Water? |
“The most pristine fresh water location we have ever seen.” ISIS Divers. “Probably the least disturbed, natural inland habitat we’ve visited”: www.coolpics.uk |
Radley Lakes Species List v21.0(Excel spreadsheet 667kB) |
Moth data for Thrupp, 2003-2009(Excel spreadsheet 100kB) |
The past and present status of the European Otter, Lutra lutra, in the vicinity of Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England.(pdf 4 MB) |
On the main natural history pages of this website, species recorded or photographed in this area are denoted by asterix after the date eg (15 May 2005)* |
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