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.

14 September 2008

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 14/9/2008 at 12:21 . Permalink.

CWP 82: 35 Wigeon, Wheatear, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker, 2 Mistle Thrushes, Kestrel Steve Davies

CWP 68c: 4 Cetti's Warblers, Sedge Warbler, Steve Davies

"Several Migrant Hawkers (the Red Arrows)" Steve Davies

CWP 300: Muntjac Steve Davies

CWP 74: Sparrowhawk, Great Spotted Woodpecker Steve Davies

CWP 68b:

CWP 74: 3 flyover Siskin, Grey Plover flyover. 10 Grey Heron, 38 Cormorant, Shoveler 74, Wigeon 71, Coot 227, Gadwall 9, Mute Swan 10, Great Crested Grebe 15, female Goldeneye, male Ruddy Duck, Little Grebe with juvenile, Pochard 64, Tufted Duck 260, Mallard 47, Water rail 1, Lapwing 10, Black Headed Gull 36. Also Cetti’s warbler, Meadow Pipit. Gareth Harris/Nigel Pleass (Webs)

CWP 68a: Great Crested Grebe (with brood), Coot 137, Tufted Duck 16, Great Crested Grebe 15, Mallard 2, Gadwall 1, Pochard, Kingfisher, Bullfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker. Gareth Harris/Nigel Pleass (Webs)

From new Reed Hide (CWP 68a): Mute Swan 7, Coot 55, Great Crested Grebe (with brood), Mallard 2, Tufted Duck 2, with Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Bullfinch.Gareth Harris/Nigel Pleass (Webs)

CWP 68c/68d: Teal, Moorhen 3, Bullfinch, Reed Bunting, Water rail, Kingfisher.Gareth Harris/Nigel Pleass (Webs)

CWP 125: Tufted Duck 33, Coot 35, Mute Swan 3, Mallard 49, Great Crested Grebe 7, Kingfisher 1, Curlew 2. Gareth Harris/Nigel Pleass (Webs) Black Tern with Honey Buzzard flying east over lake 125 at 15.15 Phil Deacon

WeBS count on lakes 112,114,115,116,123,124,125 at Bowmoor, Fairford/Lechlade

Little Grebe 20, Great Crested Grebe 56, Cormorant 9, Little Egret 3, Grey Heron 7, Swan 32, Canada 1, Wigeon 85, Gadwall 11, Mallard 20, Red-crested Pochard 57, Pochard 346, Tufted Duck 395, Goldeneye 2, Moorhen 7, Coot 1002, Lapwing 136, Kingfisher 2, Black-headed Gull 9, Lesser Black-backed Gull 90, Herring Gull 2, A total of 2295 birds Also a Chiloe Wigeon on lake 114. Phil Deacon

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