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.

30 March 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 30/3/2008 at 15:21 . Permalink.

CWP 79: 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ringed Plover, 12 Lapwings, 1 Redshank, 2 Shelduck, 2 Little Egret. Jon Mercer

CWP 79a: 3 Green Sandpiper, 40+ Sand Martins Jon Mercer

Kent End Quarry: 2 Ringed Plovers, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Redshank, 20 Golden Plover, 25 Lapwings, 4 Snipe, 1 Little Egret. Jon Mercer

CWP78A: A medium-sized bat feeding low over the lake at 1530 in full sun. Rich brown above, pale below with slow wing beats, probable Daubenton's. John Grearson

Upper Waterhay SSSI: 11 Snipe, 2 Bullfinch and a Goldcrest. John Grearson

Ashton Keynes village. Still 3 Bramblings at feeding station today and 4 Blackcaps. Bramblings peaked at 8 and Blackcaps 6 during mid-March. John Grearson

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