The Cotswold Water Park

The Cotswold Water Park (CWP) lies in 40 square miles of farmland and wetland between Cirencester, Swindon and Lechlade. To date 145 lakes have been flooded (April 2006) and this is set to increase over 50 years, creating other wetland habitats. CWP holds nationally important numbers of wintering waterbird, e.g. Smew, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Coot and Pochard. In Spring and Summer visitors can hear Nightingales or see flocks of Hobby’s migrating through.

2 May 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 2/5/2006 at 18:01 . Permalink.

CWP 34: 40 Black Headed Gull; male Blackcap; 1 pair of great crested grebe; 3 pairs of Mallard; 1 pair of Mute Swan; 5 Red Crested Pochard; Reed Bunting and 10+ Tufted Duck (Gareth Harris)

CWP 74: 60 Black Headed Gull using rafts; with 27 apparently incubating on nests. (Gareth Harris)

CWP 95: 1 Whitethroat (Gareth Harris)

Eysey Manor Farm: 2 Cormorant; 3 Reed Bunting; 3 Sedge Warbler; 2 Whitethroat and 2 Willow Warbler. (Gareth Harris)

Eysey Manor Quarry: male Reed Bunting and 3+ Yellowhammer (Gareth Harris)

After your visits to the Cotswold Water Park you can help us and other birders by sending in your records.

We welcome all records. These can be sent to this site by using the Email link or direct to gareth.harris-at-waterpark.org

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