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.

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• The Cotswold Water Park Society
• Birding Information for CWP
• Map of Western Section
• Map of Eastern Section
• The Gloster Birder
• Wiltshire Ornithological Society
• Colour Ringing in CWP
• Blakehill Reserve Sightings
• Wiltshire Wildlife Trust
• Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
• North Wiltshire RSPB Group
• Gloucester RSPB Group
• Deanbirders
• Worcester Birding
• Paul's Birding Diary (Glos)
• Cleveland Lakes Map
• Map of Central section

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Comments

1. Great White Egret
   

   22:30, 28/8/2007 . Publisehd by Anonymous

   Is it significant that of GWEs seen in Wilts over past few years that 3/4 have come from same place....ringed in Lac de Grand Lieu (Loire Atlantic, France....1999, 2002 and now 2007) ....see Bird Guides ?
2. GWE Rings
   

   16:30, 30/8/2007 . Publisehd by cotswoldwaterpark

   I am not sure I can answer your query. Searching Bird Guides does bring up at least one bird in 2004 in Suffolk ringed at 'Loire'. The Euro colour ringing website shows GWE are ringed in Germany, Croatia and Serbia with only the one ringing site in France. I suspect the link is that most GWE in this country come from that 'Loire' population.

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