Cotswold Water Park Blog

Spring is with us and love is in the air for the local wildlife. When it comes to the most impressive attempts at wooing, Great Crested Grebes are up near the top of the list. These are easily the commonest of the British grebe species and also the largest. They are...

There can’t be too many people reading this who aren’t aware of House Sparrows, as their preference for ‘human sites’ brings them into most of our gardens. But were you aware that numbers have declined so dramatically that they are on the Red List of birds which are...

Keep your eyes open this winter for a particularly attractive visitor, which is likely to turn up on berry bushes around Cotswold Water Park villages: Waxwings. These gorgeous, crested, Starling sized birds breed in Scandinavia, and beyond, but head south and west as...

During autumn, as the colder weather looms, thousands of birds perform a ‘changing of the guard’ around the Cotswold Water Park. The delicate, mainly insect eating, warm weather lovers pack their bags and head south; to be replaced by the robust, hardy species which...

Bird Flu has been in and out of the news for the last couple of years. A particularly nasty variant has been at large, and its not only farmed poultry which have been affected; wild birds have suffered terribly. The disease spreads through direct (or indirect)...

During the winter months, staff and volunteers at the Cotswold Lakes Trust spend a lot of their time improving and maintaining various habitats around the Cotswold Water Park. Without intervention many areas will gradually become unsuitable for the wildlife species...

It looks like a beaver, tows like a horse box and opens up like a camper. Welcome to the Beaver Bus - Cotswold Lakes Trust’s latest creation in its mission to spread the word about nature conservation and the environment, and the brainchild of the Trust and artists...

One of the most unobtrusive and easily overlooked duck species around the Cotswold Water Park is the Gadwall. The females can easily be confused with Mallard and the males are rather unspectacular by drake duck standards; with a black rear end being the most useful ID...

Thank you to everyone who supported The Cotswold Lakes Trust Big 35km Team Challenge on Tuesday 17th October.. Our team of staff, Trustees and volunteers took part in a relay - sailing, cycling, running, swimming, paddleboarding and kayaking across the Cotswold Water...

On Tuesday 17th October, Cotswold Lakes Trust staff, trustees and volunteers will be taking part in a relay challenge across the Cotswold Water Park, to raise match funding to unlock Landfill Communities Fund grants. We are inviting you to support our amazing team,...

They came in all ages and fitness levels: athletes chasing a Personal Best, club runners enjoying the challenge, and newbies tackling a 10k race for the first time. But all who took part agreed that Cotswold Lakes Trust’s charity event was first class. The overall...

A flash of bright blue and a shrill piping call is all that most people see of one of our favourite waterside birds; as a Kingfisher speeds past. These beautiful birds are widespread in the Cotswold Water Park, inhabiting both gravel pits and the small rivers which...