This is a quiet, secluded spot
The reserve is managed and maintained by a site warden and local volunteers who attempt to maintain paths and water-courses and log fallen trees. Open glades have been established in parts of the woodlands where non-indigenous trees had proliferated. As the lake has continued to fill up with silt and leaves, the Trust has considered the viability of dredging and clearing its banks, but in view of the prohibitive expense they have instead concentrated on clearing the feeder streams to increase the water flow. The preservation of an open stretch of well-oxygenated water is imperative to maintain the habitats and breeding grounds of a number of rare water-fowl.
