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 July 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 15/7/2008 at 21:08 . Permalink.

CWP 6: Broods of Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Mute Swan and Tufted Duck. 2 Singing Cetti’s Warbler, plus many Reed Bunting, Blackcap, Garden Warbler etc. Several Common Tern feeding on lake, plus 2 Grey Heron. Gareth Harris

CWP 74 / 68a: 26 Curlew and 350+ Lapwing on the scrapes viewable from Twitchers Gate. Also a Kingfisher form the new reed bed hide. Matt Millett & Phoebe Carter

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