Heaton Park Reservoir Claimed

Heaton Park Reservoir is a granite sided reservoir, on the border between the City of Manchester and Bury. An aqueduct carries water from Haweswater, in the Lake District, to Manchester and terminates at Heaton Park Reservoir. The aqueduct was inaugurated in June 1955, is 82 miles (132 km) in length and carries up to 100 million imperial gallons (450,000 m³) of water per day under the force of gravity.

The reservoir is known for its wintering wildfowl. Amongst the most recorded are tufted duck, goldeneye, goosander and common teal. Other, less common sightings included the lesser scaup, the ring-necked duck, the Slavonian grebe, the black-necked grebe, the long-tailed duck, the Leach's petrel and the European honey buzzard.