Bartley Reservoir
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox body of water Bartley Reservoir is a reservoir for drinking water in Birmingham, England, operated by Severn Trent Water.<ref name="LRR">Environment Agency public register of Large Raised Reservoirs, as at 2 November 2020, via Template:Cite web</ref> It covers Template:Convert.
The reservoir is about Template:Convert long, over Template:Convert wide, and about Template:Convert deep at the dam when full. Its surface area is Template:Convert.
Ecology
The reservoir is known as the place where Bill Oddie did much of his early birdwatching, and features in his books (notably Bill Oddie's Gone Birding) and television programmes. His first ever published article, for the West Midland Bird Club's annual report, was about the birds of the reservoir.<ref name="Oddie-1963">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Leisure
The north shore of the reservoir is home to Bartley Sailing Club and Andrew Simpson Centres Birmingham.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Culture
The reservoir featured in a television programme in 1985, when Bill Oddie was interviewed there by Julian Pettifer for a 50-minute Nature Watch Special: Bill Oddie - Bird Watcher.<ref name="Choice">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="NWS">Template:Cite book</ref>