Greylake
Geological site near Middlezoy, Somerset
title: "Greylake" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hamlets-in-somerset", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-in-somerset", "sites-of-special-scientific-interest-notified-in-1987", "geology-of-somerset"] description: "Geological site near Middlezoy, Somerset" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greylake" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Geological site near Middlezoy, Somerset ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox SSSI"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image | [[File:Greylake.jpg |
| name | Greylake |
| aos | Somerset |
| interest | Geological |
| gridref | |
| coordinates | |
| displaymap | Somerset |
| area | 9.3 ha |
| notifydate | |
| enref | 1003349 |
| :: |
|image=[[File:Greylake.jpg|alt=Grassy fields with trees|240px]] |name=Greylake |aos=Somerset |interest=Geological |gridref= |coordinates = |displaymap=Somerset |area=9.3 ha |notifydate= |enref=1003349 Greylake is a hamlet in Middlezoy parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the A361 road about a mile northeast of Middlezoy village, and 5.5 mi south-east of the town of Bridgwater. It gives its name to a Site of Special Scientific Interest which lies north of the hamlet.
SSSI
Greylake () is a 9.1 ha geological Site of Special Scientific Interest, notified in 1987.
This site, on the Somerset Levels, consists of 20 low-lying fields in the north west corner of King's Sedgemoor. It includes the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds' Greylake nature reserve which has taken over arable farmland and is now home to northern lapwings, common snipe, Eurasian curlews, redshanks, yellow wagtails, skylarks, and meadow pipits.
This location is the type section for the Pleistocene Burtle Beds, as it is probably the most complete Burtle Beds sequence in Somerset. It demonstrates a sequence of fluvial (or possibly glacial) gravels, marine intertidal silts and marine subtidal. Rich molluscan, ostracod, and foraminifera assemblages and a mammalian fauna, including red deer (Cervus elephus), aurochs (Bos primigenius), and fallow deer (Dama dama) have been recorded.
Greylake was flooded during the winter flooding of 2013–14 on the Somerset Levels.
References
References
- "RSPB Greylake". Attractions in Somerset.
- "Greylake". RSPB.
- [http://www.english-nature.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1003349.pdf English Nature citation sheet for the site] (accessed 7 August 2006)
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