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.

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 8/8/2007 at 20:48 . 0 comments. Permalink.

CWP 74: 20+ Curlew; 3 Green Sandpiper; Common Sandpiper, 300+ Tufted Duck Simon Pickering

CWP 31: 42 coot, including 2 young; 2 mute swan with 2 very small cygnets; 1 moorhen Felicity Cobb

CWP 32: 85 coot and 3 babies; 1 Common tern; 1 moorhen Felicity Cobb

CWP 79: 1 kestrel hunting; 5 pochards with 2 young; 4 swifts; 1 Common tern; 1 emperor dragonfly Felicity Cobb

Opposite CWP 79: 4 lapwing; 24 Black-headed gulls(some juveniles) Felicity Cobb

CWP 85a: 1 female pochard with 4 young; 22 Mute swan; 1 Grey heron; 1 emperor dragonfly Felicity Cobb

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