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.

31 August 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 31/8/2006 at 20:06 . Permalink.

CWP 79: 2 Little Egrets; 1Kestrel (Bob Shiret)

CWP 84: 2 Snipe; 8 Gadwall; 2 Ringed Plovers;3 Green Sandpipers; 2 Ruff (Bob Shiret) (additional birds in the evening) female Mandarin; 2 Linnets and 2 Yellow Wagtails. Also seen - Little Grebe; Tufted Duck; Mallard; Teal; a Shoveler and 3 Cormorants. (David Owen)

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