Lakeside Nature Reserve
Lakeside Nature Reserve is a small Site of Local Importance for Nature Conservation in Church End, Finchley in the London Borough of Barnet.
Its main feature is a pond which was constructed around 1900 as a reservoir.[1] It has a fountain and plants fringing the shore include water mint, gypsywort and purple-loosestrife. Waterfowl nest on a small island and there are dragonflies in summer.[2]
There is no public access but it can be viewed from a footpath off Strathmore Gardens.
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey maps of mid-Finchley 1894 and 1911; 'Finchley Greenhouses', Finchley Press, 27 January 1906, p. 10
- ^ Hewlett, Jan; et al. (1997). Nature Conservation in Barnet. London Ecology Unit. p. 94. ISBN 1 871045 27 4.