Description:

An wildlife reserve with flooded gravel pits and a study centre managed by the Trust in partnership
with the owners Wessex Water, New Forest District Council and Bournemouth and West Hants Water.

These flooded gravel pits are used as water storage, as important conservation areas and for recreation by sailing, water-skiing and fishing clubs. The study centre provides an excellent education opportunity with ponds,
a stream, grassland, woodland and a hide overlooking Ivy Lake. This reserve is of great importance for over-wintering wildfowl which benefit from zoning of recreational use, scrub clearance and grazing.