here include:
Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Great Cormorant, European Shag, Grey Heron, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Common Shelduck, Eurasian Wigeon, Gadwall, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, Common Pochard, Tufted Duck, Common Goldeneye, Goosander, Ruddy Duck, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Common Kestrel, Merlin, Northern Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Northern Lapwing, Eurasian Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Red Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Common Snipe, Black-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern, Ring-necked Parakeet, Eurasian Skylark, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, Northern House Martin, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Common Wren, Dunnock, Eurasian Robin, Black Redstart, Northern Wheatear, Whinchat, European Stonechat, Eurasian Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Common Magpie, Eurasian Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Common Starling, House Sparrow, Chaffinch, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Linnet, Reed Bunting
 Other Wildlife
 Site Information
During passage periods Staines Reservoir is certainly one of the best birding localities in the London area and virtually anything can turn up.
 History and Use
 Areas of Interest
 Access and Facilities
The causeway between the two basins is a public footpath with open access at all times but there is no access to other parts of the shoreline.
The reservoir is situated north of the A30 to the east of the junction with the A308 at Staines. The easiest way to reach it is to take the M25, leaving it eastwards at junction 14 onto the A3113 to Heathrow. Turn right at the next roundabout taking you onto the A3044 to Staines, left at the traffic-lights then right at the mini-roundabout. 500m further on is the car-park for the reservoirs.
There is no authorised access to the King George VI Reservoir.
 Other Sites
Just to the west of the main Staines roundabout and north of the A30 is Staines Moor, Map an area of rough, wet grassland with patches of scrub. Redshank and Northern Lapwing have bred here and may sometimes be present in summer and breeding passerines include Skylark, Reed Warbler, both whitethroats and Blackcap.
The "moor" has numerous footpaths and is heavily used by dog-walkers but is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to its flora, unusual in the London area.
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