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.

25 August 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 25/8/2008 at 17:25 . Permalink.

CWP 68a: Juvenile Meditteranean Gull, 68 Mute Swan, 84 Greylag Geese, 26 Canada Geese, Barnacle Goose, Lot of Coot, a few Great Crested Grebe, 3 Common Tern Nigel Pleass; John Rock; Paul Castle

CWP 74: (Max Counts) Oystercatcher, 2 Black Tailed Godwit, 6 Dunlin, Ruff, 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpipers, Hobby, Kestrel, 25+ Coot, 5 Mute Swan, 42 Cormorant, 20 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 15-20 Pochard, Tufted Duck, 8 Common Tern, 300+ Lapwing, Grey heron flew over, Curlew, Buzzard, Greylag Geese, Canada Geese Nigel Pleass: Darren Tonge; John Rock

CWP68c (from hide): Spotted Redshank (1 juv), Green Sandpiper (3), Water Rail (+3) Paul Castle

Field south of CWP59: Curlew (+28) Paul Castle

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