The Cotswold Water Park

The Cotswold Water Park (CWP) lies in 40 square miles of farmland and wetland between Cirencester, Swindon and Lechlade. As at April 2006 145 lakes had been flooded and this is set to increase over 50 years, creating other wetland habitats. CWP holds nationally important numbers of wintering waterbird such as Smew, Great Crested Grebe, Gadwall, Coot and Pochard. In Spring and Summer visitors can hear Nightingales or see flocks of Hobby migrating through.

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 8/5/2008 at 13:22 . Permalink.

CWP 74: 12 Black Tern; 6 Common Tern; 2 Hobby; Greenshank; 22+ whimbrel and summer plumaged bar-tailed godwit. Malcolm Royal; Simon Ward

CWP 41: 2 male garganey Gareth Harris

Kent End Farm: 3 Redshank; 2 Little Ringed Plover; Curlew; pair of Red Crested Pochard Malcolm Royal

CWP57: 2 Little Ringed Plover; 2 Oystercatcher; pair Reed Bunting; 4 Common Tern Malcolm Royal

Swillbrook: 5 Common Tern; 2 Reed Warbler; 3 Garden Warbler; 6 singing Nightingale Malcolm Royal

Waterhay area: 2 Long tailed tits, Chaffinch, Coot on pond near path from car park John Rock

CWP 59: Tufted Duck, 6 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag Geese, pair of Great crested Grebe, 8 mute swan, John Rock

CWP 75: Pair Mute Swan, 3 mallard, Coot, Canada and Greylag geese John Rock

CWP 68c: Reed Bunting, Common Tern, 9 Gadwall, Moorhen John Rock

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