Editing Backwell (section)

===Backwell Lake===
[[File:Backwell lake 1.jpg|thumb|Backwell Lake]]
Backwell Lake, also known as Buckland's Pool, is, despite its name, much closer to nearby Nailsea. The lake was built as a [[balancing lake|balancing pond]] in the mid-1970s and has become a wildlife haven for birds, [[bats]] and [[dragonflies]], which are attracted by the open water and surrounding vegetation. Bird species include [[gadwall]], [[shoveler]], [[pochard]], [[tufted duck]], [[grey heron]] and [[mute swans]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Bucklands Pool/Backwell Lake |url=http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?themeid=1008788 |publisher=Natural England |access-date=28 August 2010 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724020639/http://www.lnr.naturalengland.org.uk/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?themeid=1008788 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>

On 7 January 2018, local people circled the lake, linking hands, to protest against the proposed building of 700 homes and a four-lane link road in the village by [[Taylor Wimpey]], which they believed would affect the lake and its wildlife.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-42596370|title=Housing plans would 'decimate' village|date=2018-01-07|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/backwell-lake-to-be-used-as-part-of-joint-spatial-plan-protest-1-5343080|title=Housing campaigners plan to circle Backwell Lake this weekend|last=Robinson|first=Sarah|date=2018-01-04|work=North Somerset Times|access-date=2018-01-08|language=en|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108233425/http://www.northsomersettimes.co.uk/news/backwell-lake-to-be-used-as-part-of-joint-spatial-plan-protest-1-5343080|url-status=dead}}</ref>