The Cotswold Water Park

Welcome

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 1/7/2012 at 12:29 . Permalink.

The aim of this blog is to highlight recent sightings within the Water Park.

Please help us by sending in your sightings and photographs. Either use the email link or direct to cwp_birdsightings-at-hotmail.co.uk (Replace -at- with @)

For general information on the Water Park, visit the Cotswold Water Park Society website or the Gateway Centre near the A419. For directions to the Water Park use this link.

For a leaflet on birds in the Water Park download this PDF File. Maps with lake numbers for the Western, Central and Eastern sections of the Water Park can be downloaded or can be picked up at the Gateway Centre.

For further information on birding nearby try Gloster Birder , Wiltshire Ornithological Society or Swindon Birds.

18 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 18/3/2010 at 21:23 . Permalink.

CWP 74: Twitchers Gate at 17.00hrs. 3 Smew drake & 2 Redhead, 44 Goldeneye, 2 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 35 Cormorant Nigel Pleass

16 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 16/3/2010 at 20:13 . Permalink.

CWP 301: 4 Snipe Ken Cypher

CWP 74 ( from Twitchers ): 9 Golden Plover, 17 Goldeneye, 2 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 1 Curlew, 1 Redshank Ken Cypher

Kent End: 2 Redshank, 1 Dunlin, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Snipe, 1 Little Egret. Other species seen were Mute Swan, Grey Heron, Lapwing, Black Headed Gull, Teal, Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen and Pied Wagtail. Ken Cypher

15 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 15/3/2010 at 20:15 . Permalink.

CWP 16: 2nd winter Med Gull starting to moult into summer plumage at the roost this evening. Jon Mercer

Lake 74 gull roost: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (1 Adult, 1st summer), 600 Herring Gulls, 500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 300 Black-headed Gulls, plus 41 Goldeneye Kim Milsom

14 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 14/3/2010 at 21:23 . Permalink.

CWP 30: 1 drake Smew, 4 Goosanders Robin Griffiths; Darren Tonge

CWP 29: c100 Wigeon; 2 smew (m & f) Robin Griffiths; Darren Tonge

CWP 37: Scaup Darren Tonge

CWP 38: 4 Goldeneye Robin Griffiths

CWP 42: Pair Smew Robin Griffiths

CWP 74 from Twitchers: 2 Redshank, c15 Goldeneye, 130 Coot, 110 Wigeon, 50 Shoveler, 32 Cormorant, 119 Tufted Duck, 22 Goldeneye, Smew, 32 Pochard. Robin Griffiths; Gareth Harris

Lake 74 Scrapes: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, 17 Curlew, 14 Snipe, 10 Shelduck, 9 Gadwall, 28 Shoveler, 50+ Teal . Plus singing Linnet and Reed Bunting. Gareth Harris

Kent End: Oystercatcher, Green Sandpiper Darren Tonge

CWP 82: c150 Wigeon Robin Griffiths

CWP 68d: Cetti's Warbler, Water Rail Robin Griffiths

CWP 68c: Cetti's Warbler, 4 Shelduck, 2/3 Snipe Robin Griffiths

CWP 59 and fields: 14 Curlew, c30 Wigeon Robin Griffiths

Cricklade: Brimstone Robin Griffiths

CWP 65: Pair of Smew Roger Ward

WeBS count for Bowmoor: Count for CWP 112,113,114,115,116,123,124,125,126: Little Grebe 8, Great Crested Grebe 43,Cormorant 7, Grey Heron 2, Mute Swan 12, Greylag 17, Canada 6, Shelduck 2, Wigeon 255, Gadwall 39, Teal 6, Mallard 30, R C Pochard 73, Pochard 86, Tufted 227, Goldeneye 41, Moorhen 3, Coot 495, Green Sandpiper 5, Oystercatcher 2, Black-headed Gull 37, Common Gull Phil Deacon

Lechlade: Red Kite overhead during WeBS counts Steve Edmonds

13 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 13/3/2010 at 20:27 . Permalink.

CWP 16: 2 Adult Med Gulls in roost, Kim Milsom

12 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 12/3/2010 at 20:24 . Permalink.

Upper Waterhay Reserve: Common Snipe 8, Reed Bunting 2 singing males, Jay 1, Teal 2, Goldfinch 2, Greylag 2, Lesser Redpoll c4 in alders (possibly 6 birds in total). A flock of 24 Curlews wheeling and landing in fields south of Manor brook
John Grearson; Paul Tubb

10 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 10/3/2010 at 17:52 . Permalink.

Upper Waterhay: 13 Common Snipe at reserve, 1 Green Sandpiper over. A flock of 10+ Curlew seen in the distance leaving a field at nearby Manor Farm. John Grearson

9 March 2010

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 9/3/2010 at 23:15 . Permalink.

Peregrine at Kent End and a Redshank plus 7 Goldeneye on CWP 74 this afternoon. Ken Cypher

New Website

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 8/3/2010 at 20:28 . Permalink.

For those interested in Birding Websites, Collins have released a new bird watching website at CollinsBirds.

The aim of the website is to get more people into birdwatching and includes pages for over 5,000 species, with information coming from the Collins Field Guides and linking up with recent sighting and photos from the website community.

There are a number of such websites that have been running for a long time. Hopefully this website can fit in with the others.

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