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.

15 May 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 15/5/2008 at 19:40 . Permalink.

CWP 74: 4 Black Tern, 2 Shelduck, 1 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper 100+ Sand Martins, 150+ Swifts, 5 Common Terns, at least 30 pairs of Black Headed Gulls on nests on the rafts. Nigel Pleass; Gareth Harris

CWP 75: 3 pairs of Red Crested Pochard, 1 pair of Little Grebe, 1 pair of Mute Swan (with 7 cygnets). Many reed warbler in lake margins and singing song thrush. Gareth Harris

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