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.

23 August 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 23/8/2008 at 19:28 . Permalink.

CWP 74: (Twitchers gate) Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruff, 2 x Snipe, 75+ Lapwing, Dunlin, 6 x Curlew, Buzzard, Partially albino Jackdaw Darren Tonge; Steve Davies

CWP 68c (from Hide): Green Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank (Juv)   Darren Tonge

Kent End: 2 Curlew, 2 Little Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Grey Herons, 5 Sand Martins, 2 x Green SandPipers  Darren Tonge; Steve Davies

Shorncote Hide: Heron wing tag HD, Green Sandpiper  Darren Tonge

CWP 46/48: Brown Hawker, 8 House Martins, Green Woodpecker, 3 Chiffchaffs, 2 Grey Herons, Black Swan Steve Davies

CWP 57/58: 40 Mute Swans, 150 Coot, 25 Great Crested Grebe, Chiffchaff, 10 Common Tern, Grey Heron, Kestrel Steve Davies

CWP 41: 20 Coot, 30 Mallard, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Red-crested Pochard, 16 Tufted Duck, 4 Gadwall, Heron Steve Davies

Lower Mill footpath/stream: Buzzard, Water Vole, 12 Long-tailed Tits Steve Davies

Water Vole courtesy of Steve Davies

CWP 83: 4 Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe, Pair of Mute Swan with 3 cygnets, 6 Pochard, Kestrel hunting at edge of lake. John and Denise Rock

CWP 82: Great Crested Grebe, few mallard. John and Denise Rock

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