An investigation is under way into the decline of reed beds
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Lake District boat owners are being urged to be careful not to disturb hundreds of birds expected to migrate to the area this winter.
About 2,500 birds are expected to settle at Windermere.
The Lake District National Park Authority has set up a website to help birdwatchers identify species.
The number of reed beds for the birds to settle is declining and the authority is urging boat owners not to land near them.
Winging their way over from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe will be coots, great-crested grebes, goldeneye, tufted duck and pochard - joining the lake's resident population of ducks, geese and swans.
'Care for them'
The lake authority's recreation management adviser Carissa Lough, said: "No-one would want a juggernaut driving through their house and flattening their beds - the same goes for our birds on Windermere.
"We want to appeal to boat owners not to land near reed beds, even if they've already been damaged. As the number of beds disappears, so do the places for birds to live in.
"We hope by highlighting Windermere's birds we can encourage people to help care for them."
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