Cotswold Lakes Trust
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
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About Cotswold Lakes Trust
About Us
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
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We manage a range of sites and nature reserves across the Cotswold Water Park
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Our Work
Cotswold Lakes Trust is a charity dedicated to the conservation and enhancement of the Cotswold Water Park for the benefit of wildlife and people.
Leadership
Guiding the Cotswold Water Park to a more accessible and sustainable future
Biodiversity and the Natural Environment
Protecting and enhancing the rich natural environment
Recreation and Access
Improving access and encouraging the public to appropriately enjoy our sites
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Promoting a greater understanding of the heritage, wildlife and landscape
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Projects & Events
As a charity, Cotswold Lakes Trust runs several varied and interesting projects, through specific grant funding. These range from the ongoing Cotswold Water Vole Recovery Project and environmental enhancements on key sites within the Cotswold Water Park through to improvements to public leisure sites that the Trust manages.
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Reed Buntings in the Cotswold Water Park
Reed Buntings are a widespread resident bird in the Cotswold Water Park. The name provides a clue towards their habitat preference, which is usually close to water where reeds, sedges and waterside scrub provide them with a suitable home. During the summer they find...
Late Season Butterflies
As the Autumn weather sets in, the ‘Butterfly season’ draws to an end. Few will still be on the wing when you read this, but the later season species include some of the scarcer types. Clouded Yellows are annual migrants to the UK, in widely varying numbers, and last...
Advance notice of path closure at Cleveland Lakes
The permissive path around Cleveland Lakes will be closed on Sunday, 10th October from 8am until 5pm due to the Cotswold Water Park 5k run & family fun run event.
Rowers from across the West of England experience Cleveland Lakes for the first time
On Saturday 25th September, Cotswold Lakes Trust held an Open Day at Cleveland Lakes in the Cotswold Water Park marking a key stage in its vision to open up Cleveland Lakes for rowing, canoeing and other non-motorised water activities. Of all 182 lakes within the...
Another significant breeding bird success in the Cotswold Water Park
Cotswold Lakes Trust is delighted to confirm that a pair of Marsh Harriers nested in the Cotswold Water Park in 2021 and successfully reared 2 young. This is the first time that these scarce birds of prey have been proved to breed in the area, following on from...
Muntjac Deer can be spotted in the Cotswold Water Park
Earlier this summer I was walking through the Cleveland Lakes reserve, surveying breeding birds, when I spotted movement in the long grass ahead of me. I knelt down, in the hope that I hadn’t been seen, and scanned the area through binoculars. A large head could be...