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Identifying animals on our land
Ants, Bees and Wasps Beetles Bugs Butterflies Crickets and Grasshoppers Crustaceans Flies
Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies Moths Spiders Amphibians and Reptiles Birds Mammals
Birds
Family: Accentors (1 species)
Dunnock - Prunella modularis
Very common in garden
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Photographed 30th October 2024
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Photographed 10th November 2024
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Photographed 2nd December 2024
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Photographed 17th January 2025
Family: Accipitridae - Kites, Vultures, Harriers. Hawks, Buzzards and Eagles (1 species)
Buzzard - Buteo buteo
Very common all over the land
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Photographed 14th July 2024
 
Family: Anatidae - Swans, Geese and Ducks (1 species)
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Occasional sightings over land and in John's Pond, early spring 25
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Photographed 20th March 2025
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Photographed 20th March 2025
Family: Certhiidae - Treecreepers (1 species)
Treecreepers - Certhia familliaris
Occasionally spotted on land or green lane
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Photographed 14th July 2024
 
Family: Ardeidae - Herons and Bitterns (1 species)
Grey Heron - Ardea cinerea
Seen once on Oak tree just outside Gathering Area
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Photographed 14th July 2024
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Video still 25th June 2025
Family: Columbidae - Pigeons and Doves (2 species)
Stock Dove - Columba oenas
Common, visits bird feeding station
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Photographed 6th May 2025
 
Woodpigeon - Columba palumbus
Very common all over the land
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Photographed 1st July 2024
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Photographed 5th August 2024
Family: Corvidae - Crows (2 species)
Raven - Corvus corax
Fairly common top and bottom of land
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Photographed 17th November 2024
 
Rook - Corvus frugilegus
Very common all over the land
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Photographed 9th October 2024
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Photographed 7th April 2025
Family: Emberizidae - Buntings (1 species)
Yellowhammer - Emberiza citrinella
Common in winter, less so rest of year
Male
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Photographed 22nd February 2025
Male
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Photographed 22nd February 2025
Family: Fringillidae - Finches (5 species)
Bullfinch - Fringilla coelebs
Used to see on honeysuckle on decking every autumn, autumn/ winter visitor to bird feeding station and also seen in hedges round land
Female
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Photographed 13th October 2022
Male
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Photographed 13th October 2022
Chaffinch - Fringilla coelebs
Very common across garden and land
Female (or possibly young male)
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Photographed 19th July 2024
Female
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Photographed 23rd July 2024
Male (winter)
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Photographed 9th December 2024
Male (summer)
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Photographed 25th May 2025
Male (spring)
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Photographed 11th March 2025
 
Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 30th October 2024
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Photographed 31st October 2024
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Photographed 10th November 2024
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Photographed 17th January 2025
Linnet - Carduelis cannabina
Seen occasionally, mainly bottom of land
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Photographed 8th May
 
Siskin - Spinus spinus
On/ off visitor to the Bird Feeding Station
Male
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Photographed 17th June 2025
Male
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Photographed 25th May 2025
Female
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Photographed 6th May 2025
Female
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Photographed 6th May 2025
Family: Hirundinidae - Martins and Swallows (1 species)
Swallow - hirundo rustica
Summer visitors, one or two nest every year (aside from 2024), more seen in 2025 than previous years.
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Photographed 10th May 2025
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Photographed 3rd July 2025
Family: Laridae - Gulls (2 species)
Herring Gull - Larus argentatus
Since building the ponds, visiting Chaser pond more and more, sitting on bank and drinking/ bathing
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Photographed 24th June 2025
 
Lesser Black-backed Gull - Larus fuscus
Since building the ponds, visiting Chaser pond more and more, sitting on bank and drinking/ bathing
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Photographed 29th June 2025
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Photographed 7th August 2025
Family: Mptavillidae - Pipits and Wagtails (2 species)
Meadow Pipit - Anthus partensis
Very common across land in the autumn/ winter - less so spring and summer
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Photographed 19th February 2025
 
Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba
Very common across garden and land, although less so in the summer
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Photographed 5th October 2024
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Photographed 23rd October 2024
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Photographed 24th October 2024
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Photographed 30th October 2024
Family: Paridae - Tits (5 species)
Blue Tit - Parus caeruleus
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 23rd July 2024
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Photographed 2nd October 2024
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Photographed 23rd December 2024
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Photographed 17th January 2025
Coal Tit - Parus ater
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 30th October 2024
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Photographed 1st November 2024
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Photographed 17th January 2025
 
Great Tit - Parus major
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 23rd July 2024
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Photographed 7th January 2025
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Photographed 17th November 2024
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Photographed 23rd December 2024
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Photographed 11th March 2025
 
Long-tailed Tit - Aegithalos caudatus
Occasionally seen in the winter in garden and bottom of Oak field
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Photographed 19th February 2025
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Photographed 19th February 2025
Marsh Tit - Poecile Palustris
Fairly frequent visitor to the feeders, usually in ones or twos only
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Photographed 12th October 2024
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Photographed 23rd July 2024
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Photographed 16th June 2025
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Photographed 9th December 2024
Family: Passeridae - Sparrows (1 species)
House Sparrow - Passer domesticis
Very common, particularly in the garden
Female
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Photographed 3rd August 2024
Male
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Photographed 19th July 2024
Female
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Photographed 1st September 2024
Male
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Photographed 30th January 2025
Female
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Photographed 11th March 2025
 
Family: Picidae - Woodpeckers (1 species)
Greater Spotted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
Common in garden and on feeders
Male
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Photographed 23rd October 2024
Female
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Photographed 15th January 2025
Juvenile
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Photographed 19th July 2024
Juvenile
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Photographed 27th July 2024
Family: Stittidae - Nuthatches (1 species)
Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
Very common, frequent visitor to bird feeding station
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Photographed 25th May 2025
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Photographed 17th January 2025
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Photographed 7th January 2025
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Photographed 24th March 2025
Family: Sturnidae - Starlings (1 species)
Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Very common in winter and in great numbers, absent rest of year
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Photographed 17th January 2025
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Photographed 12th November 2024
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Photographed 15th November 2024
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Photographed 3rd December 2024
Family: Strigidea and Tytonidae - Owls and Barn Owl (1 species)
Little Owl - Athene noctua
Not seen or heard but a couple of pellets found
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First found and photographed 17th August 2024
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First found and photographed 31st August 2024
Family: Sylviidae - Warblers (4 species)
Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla
Occasionally seen and heard
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Photographed 10th May 2025
 
Goldcrest - Regulus regulus
Occasionally seen and heard, bottom of land
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Photographed 5th November 2024
 
Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus
Very common spring/ summer
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Photographed 9th May 2025
 
Whitethroat - Sylvia communis
Seen once so far
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Photographed 8th August 2025
 
Family: Troglodytidae (1 species)
Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes
Very common in garden
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Photographed 23rd October 2024
 
Family: Turdidae - Robins, Chats and Thrushes (4 species)
Blackbird - Turdus merula
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 4th November 2024
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Photographed 1st March 2025
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Photographed 26th November 2024
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Photographed 23rd December 2024
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Photographed 31st January 2024
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Photographed 8th March 2025
Redwing - Turdus illacus
Occasionally seen in the winter
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Photographed 26th November 2024
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Photographed 17th December 2022
Robin - Erithacus rubecula
Very common across garden and land
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Photographed 23rd July 2024
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Photographed 29th September 2024
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Photographed 31st October 2024
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Photographed 23rd October 2024
Stonechat - Saxicola torquata
Seen regularly from late autumn
Male
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Photographed 31st March 2025
Female
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Photographed 13th July 2025
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