The Cotswold Water Park

This website highlights all recent sightings within the Cotswold Water Park.    Please send us your sightings and photographs which can be emailed to this website or sent to "cwp_birdsightings-at-hotmail.co.uk"  (Note: Replace -at- with @)

For further general information on the Water Park, please visit the Cotswold Water Park Society website or the Gateway Centre near the A419.  For directions to the Water Park use this link. 

For a leaflet on birds in the Water Park download this PDF File.      Maps with lake numbers for the Western, Central and Eastern sections of the Water Park can be downloaded or can be picked up at the visitor centre.

For further information on birding nearby try Gloster Birder for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Ornithological Society for Wiltshire.

Report of 2 Cranes on meadows at Inglesham, Lechlade, seen between 7am-8am today (Birdguides).

No further sighting since.   Further information would be welcome please.    Gareth Harris

CWP 46/48:  3 Bullfinch, Kingfisher, Reed Bunting, 2 Water Rail, Cetti’s Warbler, Skylark,   Gareth Harris

CWP 74 (from Twitchers Gate):  Male Goldeneye, 150 Lapwing, flock of 100+ Greylag Geese over CWP 68a/68b, 2 Jay, Green Woodpecker,     Gareth Harris

CWP 126: Green Sandpiper, 150+ Lapwing, 35+ Pochard, 3 Bullfinch, Skylark  Gareth Harris 

Large numbers of Redwing, Fieldfare everywhere,

0700 onwards: 

1 Green Sandpiper and 150+ Lapwing leaving Kent End farm Quarry.      Gareth Harris

350+ Lapwing leaving roost with 250+ Black headed Gulls from CWP 74/68a     Gareth Harris

110+ Greylag Geese moved from (presumed) roost on CWP 83 onto grassland adjacent before flying onto CWP 74/68a.    Gareth Harris

2500+ Starling, 150+ Fieldfare, with smaller numbers of Redwing seen leaving roosts within CWP 68d. Plus a slow movement of meadow Pipit, Skylark, Siskin and Lesser Redpoll at first light.   Gareth Harris

Waterhay Car Park     flock of 11 Magpies   John Rock

CWP 68d:  At 7:00 am starlings were leaving reeds in dribs and drabs ; at  7:10 there was  one
large flight and they were gone.   John Rock

CWP 68c   Grey Heron,  Curlew    2,  Teal    25, Moorhen    3,  Blackbird, Magpie    2 collecting bits and pieces from lake edge, Water Rail heard, Green sandpiper    3,  Willow Warbler   John Rock

CWP 59:  Black headed Gull    26, Teal   6, Coot    15, Wigeon    30ish, Mallard    4, Mute Swan  John Rock

On path mixed flock of mainly Fieldfare and some Redwing  around 15 birds.   John Rock

Fieldfare by John Rock

CWP 82/83. 4.00pm - female Stonechat.  Maureen Millar

CWP 301-1 little egret, 6 mute swans, 5 canada geese, 2 pochard, 12 tufted duck, 40 lapwing, 80 coot, 50 black headed gulls, 3 lesser black back gulls, 1 pied wagtail.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 97-300+ lesser black back gulls with a few black headed gulls and lapwing amongst them.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

Cerney Wick roundhouse-a grey wagtail in a ditch and a buzzard over. Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 6-3 great crested grebe, 10 pochard, 20 tufted duck, 20 coot.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

Wickwater Lane-10 fieldfares in tree.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 74(twitchers)-1 male goldeneye, 29 cormorant, 50+ wigeon, 14 tufted duck, 11 mallard, 2 mute swans,10+ great crested grebes, 50+ coots, 160+ lapwing with more flying in. 6 redwings, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 3 meadow pipits in the lane.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

Kent End- 66 golden plover, 150+ lapwing, 1 buzzard, 1 pied wagtail, 1 grey heron, 26 black headed gulls, 2 pairs of mallard.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 29-15 cormorant, 2 great crested grebe, 2 mute swans, 100+ tufted duck, 34 pochard, 24 red crested pochard, 3 wigeon, 10 black headed gulls, 1 lapwing, 6 meadow pipits, 1 great spotted woodpecker, 80+ coots.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 35-64 red crested pochard, 6 tufted duck, 6 mute swans, 39 coots.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 30-1 little egret, 26 tufted duck, 18 coots, 1 green woodpecker, 5 fieldfares.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 28A-10 gadwall, 8 tufted duck, 10 pochard, 3 great crested grebes, 1 mute swan, 12 coots.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 28-2 mute swans, 5 red crested pochard, 1 pair tufted duck, 2 pair mallard, 7 coots, 2 jays, 7 fieldfares, 1 lapwing flying over.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 31-43 red crested pochard, 56 tufted duck, 45 pochard, 2 mute swans, 1 cormorant, 1 little grebe, 3 great crested grebes, 150+ black headed gulls, 100+ coots.   Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 79-2 little egrets, 6 mallards, 1 kestrel. 500+ starlings flying south.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 84-1 shelduck, 35 shoveler, a few black headed gulls.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 85B-at dusk a water rail heard, 1 green woodpecker, too dark to count mute swans, wigeon, great crested grebes, gadwall, mallard, coots, moorhens and 2 pied wagtails. Continual stream of fieldfares flying overhead.  Trevor & Sue Clayson

CWP 68c/d:   Starling roost built up by 1645hrs.  I would agree with John Grearson that about 10,000 birds were present.  Tonight they came in in groups and only flew around for a very short while over 68c (I was stood watching 68d!).  Also 2 green woodpecker, 2 great spotted woodpecker, flock of long tailed tits and Cettis warbler heard before it started getting dark.  Water Rail calling at dusk.  Bob Philpott

CWP 59: Green Sandpiper 3, Water Rail 2, Maciej Szczygielski 

CWP 68a/b: Peregrine 1juv, Common Gull 1ad, colour-ringed Cormorant (9F), Stonechat,  Maciej Szczygielski 

CWP 82: Peregrine 1juv, Ruddy Duck 3,  Maciej Szczygielski   (plumage differences in the peregrines indicate that there were two different birds.)