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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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).