Some pictures of the lake, fuller than full, can be seen here

The picture above shows the lake when full,covering eighty acres.  Scroll down to see the recorded levels list.

Our lake, Upper Bittell Reservoir, is a feeder for the Birmingham - Worcester canal and the water is effectively 'owned' by British Waterways.  The sailing club has right of use of it while it is there, however, a long, hot summer, for instance (joke) will inevitably result in a lowering of the level.

The latest  recorded level is:-

Amount in metres below full.    Date...

0.02                                             1/7/2010     Estimated. A precise measurement soon....

The lake then stayed more or less full until sometime in June 2010 when it began to drop due to the canal "holiday season".

0.00                                            9/12/2009    Full.  Thanks Bob for the updates.

0.15                                            6/12/2009    Not long now!

0.25                                          29/11/2009    AT THIS RATE WE WILL BE FULL IN A WEEK OR TWO!

0.35                                          22/11/2009    Rising rapidly, jetties pulled up today, we should be full quite soon now.

0.5                                            16/11/2009    Telephoned in by Bob Suggitt.

0.8                                            10/11/2009    Submitted by Bob Suggitt.

0.9 approx.                              8/11/2009      Guessed by Robin, an accurate reading please Bob!  Valve now closed and water slowly rising, rain needed!

0                                                 5/4/2009        Checked by Robin and Chris.

Click HERE to view photographs showing the lake at various levels between 1934 and 2006

and HERE to view a second page with the latest 2008 images and a super picture from 1934

TOP

Go Back