- 03/07/2018
- Nature Notes
Probables and some possibles for Summer 2018
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Commonly sighted | |||
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Redshank | Tringa totanus |
(Greater) Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Sandwich tern | Sterna sandvicensis |
Gadwall | Anas strepera | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
Teal | Anas crecca | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus |
Pintail | Anas acuta | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
Garganey | Anas querquedula | Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
Shoveler | Anas clypeata | Stock Dove | Columba oenas |
Pochard | Aythya ferina | Woodpigeon | Columba palumbus |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Little Owl | Athene noctua |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Jackdaw | Corvus monedula |
Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix |
Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Bearded Tit | Panurus biarmicus |
Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Yellow wagtail | Motacilla flava |
Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Swift | Apus apus |
Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Skylark | Alauda arvensis |
Coot | Fulica atra | Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | House martin | Delichon urbica |
Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Cetti’s Warbler | Cettia cetti |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla |
Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Whitethroat | Sylvia communis |
Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia |
Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Robin | Erithacus rubecula |
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
Curlew | Numenius arquata | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis |
Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus |
Occasional birds to be posted on the car park notice board e.g. | |||
Spoonbill and Osprey regularly spotted in August | |||
Some others: | |||
Emerald Damselfly | Brown hare - huge numbers this year | Grass snake | |
Blue-tailed Damselfly | Watervole | Slow worm | |
Common Blue Damselfly | Common lizard | ||
Azure Damselfly | |||
Large Skipper butterfly | |||
Common Blue butterfly | Great Crested Newt | ||
Small Heath butterfly | Smooth newt | ||
Gate keeper butterfly | Marsh frog | ||
Peacock butterfly | |||
Red Admiral butterfly | |||
Painted Lady butterfly | |||
Large White butterfly | Comma |