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 December 2006

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 16/12/2006 at 15:16 . Permalink.

CWP 74: Great Northern Diver showing this morning; 6 Long Tailed Tits, Goldeneye (John Bayliss; Ken Cypher; Chris Walker; Robin Griffiths)

CWP 29: 85+ Red Crested Pochard, 2-3 Bullfinches, Green Woodpecker (Robin Griffiths; Gareth Harris)

CWP 58: Male Goosander and Grey Heron (Gareth Harris)

Waterhay: 2 Little Egrets over to E., Black Swan (being menaced by male Mute Swan), 3 Cetti's Warblers singing, Chiffchaff, Water Rail, Goldcrest (Robin Griffiths; Ken Cypher)

CWP 41: Fieldfare (800+) and Redwing (600 - 800+) many hundred birds arriving to roost in trees around CWP 41- f locks arriving from all directions (Gareth Harris)

CWP 95: 2 Chiffchaff; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Reed Bunting; 1 pair Stonechat; Treecreeper (Ken Cypher)

CWP 68b: Greenshank (Robin Ward)

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