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.

Gulls

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 17/1/2008 at 22:40 . 0 comments. Permalink.

A gull showing a number of characteristics of a 4th winter American herring gull (larus smithsonianus) was seen in a CWP gull roost on 12th January. Due to the liquid nature of the gull roosts on CWP, the best places currently to look for this bird (largest roosts over the last week or so) would be the pre-roost on CWP12 and the roosts on CWP 16 and 74. Nick Adams

The adult kumlien's gull was also seen on CWP 12 and then CWP 16 on 3 January. Kim Milsom

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