Stain Hill Reservoirs - Richmond

Stain Hill Reservoirs, Richmond-upon-Thames lie to the north of the River Thames near Kempton Park Racecourse between Kempton Park and Hampton. Stain Hill has significant populations of moulting and wintering waterfowl, particularly where the water is shallow and marginal vegetation has developed. There are nationally significant numbers of shoveler and gadwall in late winter. The dry concrete banks support one of the UK's largest populations of the nationally scarce plant tower mustard (arabis glabra. Other locally uncommon plants include field mouse-ear (cerastium arvense), vervain (verbena officinalis) and wild clary (salvia verbenaca).