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.

16 June 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 16/6/2006 at 12:26 . Permalink.

CWP 68b: 20+ Lesser Black Backed Gull (Gareth Harris)

CWP 68c: 2 males Reed Bunting; 8 Redshank; 10 Lapwing and 2 Shelduck with brood of 4 (Gareth Harris)

River Thames, Waterhay: 1 Hobby feeding over Thames (Gareth Harris / Sharon Pilkington)

At CWP 79 between 9-10pm a Green Sandpiper and over CWP 84 & 85 five Hobbies hawking insects. (David Owen per Gloster Birder).

Interested in Dragonflies? Then the following may be for you:

CWP 68c: 2 Brown Hawker; 3 male Emperor Dragonfly; 2 Four Spotted Chaser; 5 Blue Tailed Damselfly (3M & 2F); 500+ Common Blue Damselfly; 25+ Black Tailed Skimmer and 20 Banded Demoiselle (Gareth Harris)

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