Cowes
Cowes
Cowes is a town on the west side of the estuary of the River Medina on the Isle of Wight. It is known for Cowes Week, an annual regatta.
The town of Cowes is situated on the west bank of the River Medina, facing the smaller town of East Cowes on the east bank. The two towns are connected by a chain ferry known as the Floating Bridge.
Cowes Week is a yachting festival that takes place annually in early August. It was first held in 1826 and is now one of the largest sailing events in the world, with around 8,500 boats taking part.
Cowes is also home to The Classic Boat Museum, which houses a collection of over 100 historic boats.
Created: 22 May 2022 Edited: 29 November 2023
Cowes
Local History around Cowes
There are some historic monuments around including:
Carisbrooke Castle: a shell keep castle on the site of a Saxon burhRow Down round barrow cemeteryCalshot Castle: a 16th century artillery castleNewport Roman VillaCarisbrooke Romano-British villaBowl barrow 450m north of Vittlefields Farm.Wildlife in and Around Cowes
Mammals found in Cowes
There have been 40 species of mammals recorded in the cowes area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteinii) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
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Birds found in Cowes
There have been 50 species of birds recorded in the cowes area.
| (Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.) |
| American Wigeon (Anas americana) |
| Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) |
| Black Brant (Branta bernicla subsp. nigricans) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| (Ardea alba subsp. alba) |
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) |
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Fish found in Cowes
There have been 42 species of fish recorded in the cowes area.
| Anglerfish or Monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) |
| Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) |
| Bull rout (Myoxocephalus scorpius) |
| Common Goby (Pomatoschistus microps) |
| Corkwing (Symphodus melops) |
| Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) |
| Black goby (Gobius niger) |
| Carp (Cyprinus carpio) |
| Conger eel (Conger conger) |
| Deep-snouted pipefish (Syngnathus typhle) |
