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Wildlife

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:

  • Bank Vole
  • Fox
  • Frog
  • Grey Seal
  • Hare
  • Hedgehog
  • Lizard
  • Mole
  • Otter
  • Porpoise
  • Rabbit
  • Roe Deer
  • Shrew
  • Stoat
  • Toad
  • Weasel
  • Wood Mouse
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