Here’s a list of the wildlife that we have seen at Craig Cottage.
Birds:
- Black-Backed Gull (greater and lesser)
- Black-Headed Gull
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Black Guillemot
- Black Swan
- Black-Throated Diver
- Brambling
- Buzzard
- Chaffinch
- Coal Tit
- Collared Dove
- Common Gull
- Common Sandpiper
- Cormorant
- Carrion Crow
- Curlew
- Dunlin
- Dunnock
- Eider Duck
- Fieldfare
- Gannet
- Goldcrest
- Goldeneye
- Goldfinch
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Grey Heron
- Grey Wagtail
- Herring Gull
- House Martin (nesting in the roof)
- House Sparrow
- Jay
- Kestrel
- Lapwing
- Lesser Redpoll
- Linnet
- Long-Tailed Tit
- Mallard
- Meadow Pipit
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Mute Swan
- Nuthatch
- Oystercatcher
- Pheasant
- Pied Wagtail
- Razorbill
- Red-Breasted Merganser
- Red-Legged Partridge
- Red Kite
- Redshank
- Reed Bunting
- Ringed Plover
- Robin
- Rock Dove
- Rock Pipit
- Sandpiper (nesting in the garden)
- Sedge Warbler (nesting in the reeds)
- Shelduck
- Skylark
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Starling
- Stonechat
- Swallow (nesting in the roof)
- Tawny Owl
- Tern
- Tree Sparrow
- Tufted Duck
- Twite
- Whinchat
- Wood Pigeon
- Wren
Various other gulls and shore birds that need more investigation
Beasts: