WILDLIFE AT THE CRIB 

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In the time we have been here at the Crib we have monitored some of the wildlife we have seen.  The bird life is relatively easy to see, whereas other groups require a little more effort.  These are the birds, mammals, amphibians and some of the insects we have so far seen in the garden. 

To see our garden moth list, click here

 

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Birds:
Blackbird
Blackcap 
Blue tit 
Brambling
Bullfinch
Buzzard
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Coal tit
Collared dove
Common redstart
Dunnock 
Fieldfare
Garden warbler
Goldcrest
Goldfinch 
Great spotted woodpecker
Great tit 
Greenfinch 
Grey wagtail
Heron
Hobby
House martin
House sparrow
Jay
Kestrel
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Linnet
Little owl
Long tailed tit 
Magpie
Mallard
Marsh tit
Mistle thrush
Nuthatch
Pheasant
Pied wagtail
Red legged partridge
Raven
Reed Bunting
Redwing
Robin
Siskin
Skylark 
Song thrush 
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Stock dove
Swallow
Swift
Tawny owl
Tree creeper
Whitethroat
Willow tit
Willow warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren 
Yellowhammer

house sparrow

red admiral

swallow

white letter hairstreak

long tailed tit nest, half completed

great crested newt

Butterflies:
 
Brimstone
Clouded yellow
Comma
Common blue
Gatekeeper
Green-veined white
Holly blue
Large skipper
Large white
Meadow brown
Orange tip
Painted lady
Peacock
Red Admiral
Ringlet
Small copper
Small skipper
Small tortoiseshell
Small white
Speckled wood
Wall
White letter
  hairstreak
 
Bumblebees:
 
Bombus terrestris
 
Amphibians
Common frog
Common newt
Common toad
Great crested newt

 

Mammals
Badger
Bank vole
Common shrew
Field mouse
Field vole
Fox
Grey squirrel
Mole
Rabbit
Rat
Stoat
Water shrew
Weasel
Wood mouse
 

bank vole

lapwing

Birds seen
around, or flying
over, the
garden 
Canada goose
Common gull
Herring gull
Jackdaw
Lapwing
Mute swan
Red kite
Reeves pheasant
Rook
Stonechat 
Cuckoo
 

 

      © Text and photographs Jenny Steel 2010