Reed Manglers and associates inhabit various parts of the British Isles and over the years have made occasional visits to a wide variety of Inland and Coastal Waters. Singly, collectively or associating with other friendly species they have been spotted on the following areas (Asterisks denote more common habitats)

* Norfolk Broads

* Rivers Avon and Severn

* River Thames

* Denholm Reservoir

Kennet and Avon Navigation (end to end - BEFORE it was re-opened)

Stratford, Oxford, Coventry, Grand Union canals and the Birmingham Canal Navigation

Sharpness Canal

Avon Ring

River Hamble

Solent, English Channel, Atlantic, Irish Sea (Passage Southampton - Dartmouth - Largs)

North Sea (Grimsby to Dunbar)

Northern France St Malo etc