This site publishes sightings from the Cotswold Water Park, irrespective of county boundaries or rarity. Each entry shows maximum numbers reported during the day. Records are forwarded to the CWPT Database and then on to Local Record Centres. All sightings welcomed, as they add to our collective knowledge of the area’s wildlife.
You can send in records by email to cwpbirds[at]gmail.com, or via Twitter: @CWPBirds.
Ashton Keynes – Cuckoo calling late evening and early morning – Chris Snook.
Pit 201 – Cerney Wick, Old Railway Line – Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin, 6 Shoveler, Greenshank- Nigel Pleass.
CWP East – 2 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, 2 Common Tern – JM.
Lower Moor – 2 Red Kite, Reed, Cetti’s and 8+ Garden Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting – Robin Griffiths.
Dance Common – Little Egret, Red Kite, Common Whitethroat – Robin Griffiths.
Swillbrook / Lower Mill – Pits 46/48/58/41 – 3 Red Kite, Buzzard, Hobby, Common Sandpiper, 4 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Garden, Reed, Cetti’s Warbler, Common and Lesser Whitethroat, Downy Emerald, Hairy Dragonfly – JM.
Cuckoo at Lower Mill.
Lower Moor – 2 Common Sandpiper – Simon Tucker.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – 5 Black Tern from mid-morning – James Robinson. Also Little Egret, 6 Common Tern, 3 Cuckoo (including rufous bird), Common Whitethroat, Garden and Cetti’s Warbler – Nigel Pleass, JM, John Durell, Bob Philpott.
Common Tern at Pit 74.
Somerford Common – 4 singing Garden Warbler – Robin Griffiths.
Whelford area – Pits 111/ 111a and b/ 125/ 126 – 6 Great Crested Grebe, Little Egret, 2 Greylag Geese, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 6 Mallard, 5 Red-crested Pochard, 15 Tufted Duck ( no sign of Ferruginous Duck), 9 Black-headed Gull, 5 Coot, 2 Moorhen, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Reed, 2 Willow and 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Blackcap, 3 Long-tailed Tit – John Fletcher.
Red-crested Pochards (above) and Great Spotted Woodpecker (below) by John Fletcher.
Lower Moor – Garden and Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Hairy Dragonfly, 15+ Downy Emerald, Four-spotted Chaser – JM.
Downy Emerald at Lower Moor.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – Peregrine mobbed by 3 Hobby, rufous-type Cuckoo – Chris Snook.
rufous-morph Cuckoo at Pit 74 by Chris Snook.
Whelford Pools – no sign of the drake Ferruginous Duck – per BirdGuides.
Blakehill – Red Kite, 2 Curlew (mobbing the Kite), Green Woodpecker, pair Stonechat, 4 Common Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat – Robin Griffiths.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – several Hobby, c10 Common Tern, Cuckoo.
Cuckoo at Pit 74 by Elliott Horton.
Eysey – Kingfisher.
Whelford Pools – Pit 111 – drake Ferruginous Duck still – Elliott Horton.
Whelford Pools – Pit 111 – Drake Ferruginous Duck still, with small group Tufted Duck – Nigel Pleass, Mark Dowie, James Robinson. Also seen during the day on Pit 127.
Pit 82 – Grasshopper Warbler reeling from field – Chris Snook.
North Meadow, Cricklade – Little Egret, Oystercatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Mistle Thrush, 7 Swallow, 4 Reed Warbler, Common Whitethroat.
Pit 97 – Dunlin over, Blackcap, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Garden Warbler, Firecrest, 2 Bullfinch.
Cerney Wick – 2 Little Egret, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Cuckoo, Reed and Sedge Warbler, 12 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest.
Pit 6 – 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 7 Reed Warbler, Blackcap.
Pit 79 – 3 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Greylag Geese, 4 Egyptian Geese, Shelduck, 2 Red Kite, Hobby, 2 Common Tern, Swallow, Garden, Willow, Cetti’s and Reed Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, Common Whitethroat, Linnet.
Shorncote – Little Egret, 2 Oystercatcher, 6 Common Tern, Cuckoo, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 13 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 2 Sedge, 14 Reed, 9 Cetti’s and Garden Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 17 Chiffchaff, 2 Reed Bunting, Raven – Wayne Ford.
Whelford Pools – Pit 111 – A drake Ferruginous Duck found by Paul Rich.
Drake Ferruginous Duck at Whelford (above, Paul Rich – below, Chris Snook).
Pit 59 – Red-crested Pochard.
Pit 34 – 3 Red-crested Pochard – Martin Roberts.
Drake Red-crested Pochard by Martin Roberts.
Shorncote – 5 Common Tern, Swift, Sand Martin, Swallow – Duncan Dine.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – 2 Red Kite, 6 Hobby Hawking, Sparrowhawk, 2 Oystercatcher, 9 Common Tern, 2 Cuckoo – Elliott Horton.
Eysey – Common Pochard – James Robinson.
Pit 43 – All 10 common Warbler species – 9 Garden Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Whitethroat, multiple Willow Warbler, Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap, also Cuckoo – Roger Gillespie.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – Purple Heron reported in flight early morning – Bob Winckle. Also 3 Great Crested Grebe, Red-crested Pochard, 2 Hobby, Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 5 Common Tern, Cuckoo, 10 Swift, Swallow, c20 Sand Martin, Song Thrush, Cetti’s Warbler, Willow and Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, – Roger Gillespie, Elliott Horton, Simon Gathercole.
Swillbrook – Pit 46/48 – Great Crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Cormorant, Mute Swan, Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, Mallard, Tufted Duck, Red-crested Pochard, Kestrel, Black-headed Gull, Cuckoo, House Martin, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Willow, Sedge and Reed Warbler, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, m and f Reed Bunting – Charlie Armstrong.
Old Railway Line, Cerney Wick – feral Bar-headed Goose, pair Egyptian Geese, 40 Canada Geese, 9 Greylag Geese, 2 Mute Swan – James Harris.
Cerney Wick – 2 Barnacle Geese, Egyptian Goose, 2 Oystercatcher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Pied Wagtail, 2 Song Thrush, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, 4 Blackcap, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, Bullfinch, 6 Greenfinch, Linnet – Steve Davies.
Barnacle Goose at Cerney Wick by Steve Davies.
Please email your sightings to cwpbirds[at]gmail.com, or send via Twitter @CWPbirds. All records and photos, from both local observers and visitors, are welcomed.
Please also use pit numbers as per the CWP maps, and actual or estimated counts , including of commoner species, are always useful.
(Unfortunately the CWP Trust app is no longer operational).
Thankyou!
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