page_title: Dowdeswell Reservoir
section_title: Dowdeswell Reservoir and Wood nature reserves
hierarchical_section_title: Dowdeswell Reservoir / Dowdeswell Reservoir and Wood nature reserves
caption_attribution_description: English: Male and female Common Toad (Bufo bufo) (paired up) on 2013 migration for spawning to Dowdeswell Reservoir, Gloucestershire, England. Photo taken south side of A40 and toads taken across main road by volunteer patrollers.
context_page_description: Dowdeswell Reservoir and former water treatment works lie below the parish of Dowdeswell in Gloucestershire. They were originally built by Cheltenham Corporation to supply the town of Cheltenham with drinking water and subsequently became part of the Severn Trent network.
context_section_description: There is a site management plan from 1975 for the Dowdeswell Reservoir Nature Reserve. There are site management plans for the Dowdeswell Wood Nature Reserve for 1993 to 2002 and 2002 to 2011 along with various annual reports.
caption: Common Toad (male and female pair) on 2013 migration to Dowdeswell Reservoir
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