Animals at Tipton’s Croft

Amphibia

  • Frog (common)
  • Great crested newt
  • Smooth newt
  • Toad (common)

Birds

Common

  • Barn owl
  • Barn swallow
  • Blackbird
  • Blue tit
  • Bullfinch
  • Buzzard (common)
  • Carrion crow
  • Chaffinch
  • Chiffchaff
  • Collared dove
  • Dunnock
  • Fieldfare
  • Goldfinch
  • Great tit
  • Greenfinch
  • Grey heron
  • House martin
  • House sparrow
  • Jackdaw
  • Jay
  • Long-tailed tit
  • Magpie
  • Mallard
  • Moorhen
  • Peregrine
  • Pheasant, common
  • Pied wagtail
  • Red kite
  • Robin
  • Rook
  • Song thrush
  • Sparrow, house
  • Sparrowhawk
  • Starling
  • Stock dove
  • Swan, mute
  • Treecreeper
  • Woodpigeon
  • Wren

Occasional

  • Canada goose
  • Great spotted woodpecker
  • Greylag goose
  • Kestrel
  • Kingfisher
  • Partridge (red-legged)
  • Peregrine
  • Red kite
  • Redwing
  • Stonechat
  • Swan, mute
  • Tawny owl
  • Treecreeper

Rare

  • Coot
  • Cormorant
  • Curlew
  • Lapwing
  • Little egret
  • Little owl
  • Nuthatch
  • Oystercatcher
  • Snipe

Fish

  • Brown trout
  • Grass carp (non-native)
  • Perch
  • Rainbow trout (non-native)
  • Roach

Mammals

Common

  • Badger
  • Common pipistrelle bat
  • Daubenton’s bat
  • Field mouse
  • Field vole
  • Fox (red)
  • Hedgehog
  • Mole (European)
  • Shrew (common)
  • Squirrel, grey

Rare

  • Hare (brown)
  • Muntjac deer
  • Rabbit (European)
  • Weasel

Other

Various butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, moths (we’re working on a full list!)


Here’s a small selection of the animals that visit the croft.

Updated October 2024