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.

4 June 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 4/6/2006 at 17:34 . Permalink.

CWP 79: 1 Little Ringed Plover heard calling around rock crushers; Gadwall (5M and 2F); Red Crested Pochard (1 pair and 2 males); 11 Canada Goose; 1Ad & 1 Juv Lapwing; 2M Reed Bunting; 2+ Males Skylark; 6 Tufted Duck (inc 2 pairs) and 1 male Cuckoo (Gareth Harris)

CWP 95: 3 pairs Redshank; 9 pairs Lapwing; Gadwall (5M & 3F); 1male Shoveler; Red Crested Pochard (4M & 1F) and 1 male Yellowhammer (Nick Adams)

Between CWP 6 and the canal at lunchtime: three Garden Warblers and a Cetti's Warbler. Also two Common Terns feasting on clouds of emerging insects over the lake. (Steve Brown per Gloster Birder).

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