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.

12 September 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 12/9/2006 at 16:34 . Permalink.

CWP 48/48: (Swillbrook lakes) Anonymous and unconfirmed report of an Osprey at the lakes today.

CWP 104: 27 Coot; 5 Great crested grebe; 11 Mute swan; 12 Tufted duck; 8 Mallard; 20 Black headed gull; 1 Moorhen; 1 Snipe (Pete Evans)

CWP 68c: 1 Cetti's Warbler; 1+ Water Rail; 1 Green Sandpiper; 3 Reed Bunting; 12 Teal; 2 Shoveler; 1 Grey Heron; 2 Bullfinch; 1 Chiffchaff; 1 Buzzard; 1 Curlew; 3 Moorhen; 1 Snipe (Gareth Harris / Ali Swainston; Ken Cypher)

CWP 95: 2 Little Egret; 1 Gadwall; 6 Teal; 1 Hobby; 2 Mute Swan; 10 Lapwing; 50 Mallard;1 Grey Heron. (Ken Cypher) 4 Little Egret; 2 Snipe; 1 Curlew; Water Rail heard. (Jon Mercer)

CWP 82: 1 Curlew flying over (Ken Cypher)

CWP 114: (Dudgrove) 178 Pochard; 3 Red-crested Pochard (2 Males and 1 Female) (Richard Baatsen)

CWP 57: 1 juvenile Black Tern (Richard Baatsen)

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