Author Archives: cotswold water park bird sightings

CWP 111a: Great Crested Grebe with chicks, Tufted Ducks, Muscovy Duck on bank.  Steve Davies CWP 111: Common Tern, Bullfinch, 15 Red-crested Pochard.  Steve Davies CWP 126: 2 Yellow-legged Gulls, 180 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 400 Black-headed Gulls, 70 Coots, 30 … Continue reading →

CWP 132: 8 Little Egret, 154 Greylag Geese, Egyptian Goose, 2 Teal, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Common Sandpiper, 4 Green Sandpiper, Whimbrel, 5 Green Woodpecker, 4 Grey Wagtail and Yellow Wagtail.  Painted Lady butterfly.  Nigel Pleass CWP 132: (P.M) … Continue reading →

CWP 29: 12 Great Crested Grebe, 7 Greylag Geese, 168 Tufted Duck, Sparrowhawk, Greenshank over, 2 Kingfisher, juv Cuckoo, 3 Green Woodpecker, 22 Reed Warbler 2 Sedge Warbler 20 Blackcap. Nigel Pleass CWP 30: 25 Tufted Duck, 66 Red Crested … Continue reading →

CWP111(Whelford Pools): Female Red-crested Pochard with 4 very small ducklings; Kingfisher. John Durell. Lower Moor: Redstart 4, Blackcap 1p, Whitethroat 1, Kestrel 1. Keith Perkins. Walk from Riverside, Lechlade to Roundhouse: Black-headed Gull 7, Common Tern 1, Green Woodpecker 1, … Continue reading →

CWP 74:  34 Cormorant, 128 Tufted Duck, Pochard, Redshank.  Nigel Pleass. Footpaths around CWP 68 c&d: Jay 3, Green Woodpecker. Butterflies: lots of Red Admiral & Gatekeeper, plus Peacock, Comma, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Brimstone, Small White, Large White & Meadow … Continue reading →

CWP 59, 68 a,b,c,d:  Blackcap 6, Chiffchaff 4, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Whitethroat 4, Kingfisher 1, Great Crested Grebe 40, Mute Swan 80, Common Tern 4, Black-headed Gull 60, Herring Gull 40, Cormorant 2, Little Egret 3, Sand Martin 14, Swallow … Continue reading →

Cleveland Lakes:    9 (inc 7 juv)  Shelduck, 124 Mute Swan, 12 Gadwall, 5 Teal, 157 Tufted Duck, 3 Pochard, 60 Red Crested Pochard, 4 Little Ringed Plover, Redshank, 13 Green Sandpiper, Curlew, Great Black Backed Gull, 25 Common Tern, 2 … Continue reading →