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.

20 April 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 20/4/2008 at 19:02 . Permalink.

CWP 46/48: Swillbrook Lakes (Grid Ref. SU020939) 1 Water Rail, 2 Nightingales singing, 9 Sedge Warblers, 6 Cetti’s Warblers, 9 Blackcaps, 12 Chiffchaff, 13 Willow Warblers Martin Adlam / Dawn Young

Between CWP 41 and Swill Brook (Grid Ref. SU030933) – 1 Common Whitethroat seen and heard in hedgerow. Martin Adlam / Dawn Young

On the Swill Brook (Grid Ref. SU032932) – 2 Kingfishers Martin Adlam / Dawn Young

South of Swill Brook (Grid Ref. SU032931) – C.50 Fieldfare in trees Martin Adlam / Dawn Young

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