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 21/3/2008 at 14:40 . 0 comments. Permalink.

CWP 79: A drake Scaup; two Redshanks, an Oystercatcher and a Green Sandpiper. Jon Mercer per Gloster Birder

CWP 87: Green Sandpiper, Jon Mercer per Gloster Birder

CWP 31: three Chiffchaffs. Jon Mercer per Gloster Birder

CWP 29: 2 Wheatear, 2 Ringed Plover, 4 Scaup 2m 2f., 6 Goldeneye Steve Wallace

CWP 95: 3 Little Egret Steve Wallace
CWP 92 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Kestrel Steve Wallace

CWP 82: Green Woodpecker, Jay, Curlew, Dunlin, 6 Lapwing and a Harrier spp. flew over. Also herd of fallow deer at Driffield S Davies

Fallow Deer courtesy of Steve Davies

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