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.

16 July 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 16/7/2008 at 20:06 . Permalink.

CWP 57: 200+ Coot, 31 Great Crested Grebe, a leucistic male Red Crested Pochard, 5 Red Crested Pochard, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Common Sandpiper, 38 Black Headed Gull, 12+ Common Tern. Also nearby Kingfisher, 50+ House Martins, broods of Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Song Thrush and Green Woopecker. Gareth Harris

Swillbrook meadow (to the south of lake 58): large numbers of butterflies (Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper etc) and Dragonflies (Emperor, Brown Hawker, Black Tailed Skimmer, Common Blue Damselfly, Common Darter etc) feeding in meadow: worth a look for the impressive numbers feeding in the sunshine! Gareth Harris

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