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.

1 January 2007

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 1/1/2007 at 11:53 . 0 comments. Permalink.

CWP 44: a redhead smew (seen through trees). (North Wilts RSPB Group per Felicity Cobb)

CWP 79: 3 green sandpipers ,a drake goldeneye and a shelduck. (North Wilts RSPB Group per Felicity Cobb)

Many chaffinches, tits and goldfinches also seen around CWP. (North Wilts RSPB Group per Felicity Cobb)

CWP 45/63 - 2 redhead smew, 10 goosander (7M, 3F), 5 red crested pochard (4M, F) (Nick Adams)

CWP 29 - c70 red crested pochard (Nick Adams)

CWP 30 - 3 red crested pochard (2M, F) (Nick Adams)

CWP 35 - 4 chiffchaff (inc 1 showing characteristics of the race abietinus), 4 red crested pochard (2 pairs) (Nick Adams)

CWP 82 - male stonechat, 3 pintail (2M, F) (Nick Adams)

CWP 68a - 14 pintail (9M, 5F) (Nick Adams)

CWP 74 - c500 lapwing (Nick Adams)

Waterhay Car Park: flooded fields - c1,000 lapwing (Nick Adams)

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