The Cotswold Water Park

27 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 27/10/2009 at 22:22 . Permalink.

Waterhay car park: 1645 hrs a Starling flock built up over CWP68C/D. Very difficult to count but I estimate a minimum of 10,000 birds, probably many more. After a few spectacular circuits of the area they poured into the roost at 1650. John Grearson

CWP 74 (from Twitcher's Gate): Lesser Black-backed Gull 2000+, Black Headed Gull 1500+, Herring Gull 1000+, Yellow-legged Gull 1ad, Starling 10000+, Lapwing 300+, male Goldeneye, Maciej Szczygielski

25 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 25/10/2009 at 11:16 . Permalink.

CWP 97 - 5 cormorant, 6 golden plover, 80+ lapwing, 1 buzzard. Trevor & Sue Clayson

Kent End - 4 snipe, 1 lapwing, 13 black headed gulls, 3 teal. Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 68A/B - 13 cormorant, 2 little grebe, 2 little egrets, 1 green woodpecker, 12 pochard, also a few wigeon, tufted duck , gadwall, mallard, lapwing and lots of coot. Trevor & Sue Clayson

Shorncote (CWP 84/85) : Lapwing 63, Stonechat 2, Shoveler 1, Little Grebe 4, Little egret, Buzzard, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Snipe 3, Skylark 6, Reed bunting, Teal 5, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher, Grey Heron 2, Wigeon 15, Meadow Pipit, Water Rail two calling Keith Perkins

24 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 24/10/2009 at 19:13 . Permalink.

Shorncote: Hobby, 2 pairs Stonechat, 2 Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, 2 Buzzard, Kestrel, 15 Linnet, 3 Little Egret, 40 Gadwall, 30 Shoveler, 25 Wigeon, 3 Redwing, Green Sandpiper, Shelduck, Little Grebe and lots of Meadow Pipits. Also a few Common Darters and a Painted Lady. Steve Davies

Stonechat by Steve Davies

22 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 22/10/2009 at 21:10 . Permalink.

CWP 59: Snipe 3, Green Sandpiper 1, Little Egret 3 Maciej Szczygielski

CWP 68a/b: Little Egret 2, colour-ringed Cormorant, 2 Cormorants with metal rings only (left leg), Lapwing 20, Golden Plover ca. 25 Maciej Szczygielski

CWP 82: Ruddy Duck 2 Maciej Szczygielski

N.B: The colour ringed Cormorant at 68a/b was ringed as a chick in Vlieland colony, Kroon's Polders on the 3rd June 1998. There have been two previous reports of this individual also from Cotswold Water Park. In 2007 on the 11th August and 19th August (both by Nick Adams) but none further until September 2009 (GH) and 22nd October 2009 both on Lake 68a.

21 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 21/10/2009 at 16:50 . Permalink.

South Cerney Golf Club: Red Kite wheeled overhead for several minutes, deeply forked tail was clearly visible. Nigel Evans

Working Party - Sunday 18 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 20/10/2009 at 20:18 . Permalink.

As a follow up to last Sunday’s workparty I would like to express my thanks and gratitude to all the people that took part and made such a difference in one day! There were 18 volunteers and four rangers that made up the team on the day. The volunteers were recruited from the Cotswold Water Park Ringing Group, keen birdwatchers (who had been invited or seen the invite on the CWP bird Blog) and also from the Cotswold Water Park Estates and Rangers volunteer group. Starting around 8am until 3pm we all managed to clear an area of dense and quite large willows which I have estimated to be 50m by 20 m. All the trees were felled and burnt on the same day with the stumps treated as well. It certainly felt like one of the most rewarding days that we have had on L68d since we started the coppicing program in 2002-3.

As I write this there is a group of students from Wiltshire college, Lackham, working on an area close by, and last week the workparty season was started with a corporate group from Npower. So with all this help we will be well on the way to completing our target amount for this season.

I realize that there were plenty of willing volunteers that could not help on the day and I am grateful for all the messages that I received from these interested parties, I will try and pick a day that you can make next year!

So once again thanks for all your time and efforts!

Ali Swainston, Cotswold Water Park Estates and Rangers

19 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 19/10/2009 at 16:53 . Permalink.

CWP 74: late afternoon, over 1000 birds mainly Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Black-headed Gulls, a few less Herring Gulls plus an adult Great Black-back Gull and 2 adults Yellow-legged Gull. Maciej Szczygielski

Yellow Legged Gull by Maciej Szczygielski

17 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 17/10/2009 at 19:56 . Permalink.

CWP 74: Twitchers gate. Jay 1:30pm Mike Ford

16 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 16/10/2009 at 19:25 . Permalink.

5000+ gulls roosted on CWP 74 (viewable from Twitchers Gate); mainly Lesser Black -backed Gulls, but also smaller numbers of Herring Gull and Black-headed Gull. Gareth Harris

14 October 2009

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Ashton Keynes 0950: Grey geese flying over very high, they were not Greylags but cannot say for sure whether they were White-fronts or Pink-feet. About 25 birds flew from West to East, very high. Most of them were in a loose V with 2 stragglers a little behind them. The were chattering continuously and continued directly to the East without losing height. John Grearson (A later session with Jean Roché's goose tracks has led John to the conclusion these can only have been White-fronts).

Upper Waterhay reserve this afternoon. 15 Redwing in hedges and Green Sandpiper calling nearby, presumably at CWP59. John Grearson

12 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 12/10/2009 at 08:46 . Permalink.

CWP 84/85: Pair of Stonechat, 2 Kestrels, 2 Buzzards, 6 Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 reed Bunting, 2 male Cetti's Warbler. Plus 50+ Mallard, 25+ gadwall, 20+ Shoveler, 30+ Teal. Leonie Washington Campbell; Gareth Harris

11 October 2009

Published by The Cotswold Water Park the 11/10/2009 at 13:45 . Permalink.

CWP 68a/68b: Green Sandpiper, 46 Cormorant, 3 Kingfisher, 51 Great Crested grebe, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Little Egret Gareth Harris

CWP 68a, Reedbed: Kingfisher, 5 teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, Kestrel, female Sparrowhawk, Cetti's warbler. Gareth Harris

CWP 74: Merlin, 156 Wigeon, 12 Great Crested Grebe, 77 Tufted Duck, Grey Wagtail. Gareth Harris

CWP 59: Early: Mute Swan 2, Coot, Black-headed Gull 7, mallard 4, Coot 6, Great Crested Grebe 1+ juv, Green sandpiper, Teal 2, Snipe. John Rock

CWP 68c still low on water: c30 Cormorant flew from L68a, Moorhen 4, Blue tit, Teal 2, Green Sandpiper, Woodpigeon, Magpie John Rock

Whelford area, WeBs Count: 19 Great Crested Grebe, 12 Cormorant, 5 Heron, 32 Mute Swan, 217 Mallard, 20 Pochard, 6 Shoveler, 38 Tufted Duck, 347 Coot, 12 Moorhen, 39 Black Headed Gull, 134 Lesser Black Back Gull, 6 Snipe. Also seen in the area: Raven over Whelford Pools, Greater Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Kingfisher. Malcolm. Royal

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