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 – Barn Owl hunting on the edge of the village at 9pm – Mark Brooks.
Here is an update from George Griffiths regarding the hides at Whelford Pools GWT reserve :
“The Whelford Pool first Hide (closest to the car park) is currently being taken down to make way for a new hide to take its place later this summer. The second hide at Whelford Pools is still in functioning order. Sorry for any inconvenience this may course. I will be keeping everyone up to date with progress on the project on this forum and on the reserve. In the meantime if you have any questions please get in touch via contacts below.”
George Griffiths
South Cotswold Reserves Manager
Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust
Conservation Centre, Robinswood Hill Country Park,
Reservoir Road, Gloucester, GL4 6SX
Main Switchboard: 01452 383333
Mobile: 07464 486732
Reed Warbler by Duncan Dine.
Pit 125 – good numbers of singing Reed Warblers – Duncan Dine.
Pit 37 – 2-3 Hobbies – Matt Hyam.
Insect news – lots of Four-spotted Chasers at Lower Moor – Steve Birt.
Four-spotted Chaser by Steve Birt.
Pit 68 – Black Tern this evening – Elliott Horton.
Blakehill – 16 Buzzard, 2 Red Kite, Kestrel, Curlew heard, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Blackcap – Nigel Sluman.
Edward Richardson reserve – Hobby – George Griffiths.
Roundhouse Farm Quarry area – 5 Reed Warblers, 2 Cetti’s Warblers, Sedge Warbler, 2 Blackcaps, Willow Warbler, 8-10 Reed Buntings, Great White Egret over, pair of Pochard, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, Song Thrush, 3 Fallow Deer – Steve Davies.
Black-tailed Skimmer by Steve Davies.
Pit 200 – 10 Red-crested Pochard, 7 Ringed Plover, Dunlin – Nigel Sluman.
Pit 74 – Twitcher’s Gate – Hobby 1, Sparrowhawk 1, Red-crested Pochard 2, Displaying Great Crested Grebes, Cuckoo 2, song from Cetti’s Warbler, Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler and Blackcap. Common Tern about 10, Canada Goose 4, Greylag 4, Lesser Black-backed Gull 12, Lapwing 1, Oystercatcher 1, Curlew calls from scrape, Stock Dove 1. At least 6 Grey Heron on scrape including newly fledged young – John Grearson.
Grizzled Skipper by Steve Birt.
Insect News – Grizzled Skipper -Sandpool, Lower Moor – Steve Birt.
Black-tailed Skimmer by Ian Lloyd-Graham.
Four-Spotted Chaser by Steve Davies.
Sandpool Nature Reserve, Lower Moor – 3 Jays, Cuckoo, 2 Egyptian Geese, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps. Hairy Dragonfly, 2 Four-spotted Chasers, Large Red, Red-eyed, Azure and Common Blue Damselflies. Also, 3 Foxes and a Stoat – Steve Davies.
Common Tern by Chris White.
Mute Swan with young by Ian Lloyd-Graham.
Pit 200 – 4 Ringed Plover.
Cleveland Lakes – Pit 68 – 2 Cuckoos, 7 Warbler species – Malcolm Royal.
male Blackcap by Barry Clough.
Sedge Warbler by Barry Clough.
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.
Thankyou!
