Here’s a small selection of the animals that visit the croft.
Amphibia
- Frog, common
- Newt: Great Crested, smooth
- Toad, common
Birds
- Buzzard
- Cormorant (rare)
- Corvids: carrion crow, jackdaw, jay, magpie, rook
- Curlew
- Ducks: mallard
- Falcons: kestrel, peregrine
- Finch: goldfinch, chaffinch, bullfinch
- Goose: greylag goose, Canada goose
- Heron
- House martin
- Little egret (rare)
- Moorhen
- Partridge, red-legged
- Pheasant, common
- Lapwing
- Nuthatch
- Owls: barn owl, little owl, tawny owl
- Oystercatcher (rare)
- Pidgeon: collared dove, stock dove, woodpigeon
- Red kite
- Robin
- Snipe (rare)
- Sparrow, house
- Starling
- Swallow, barn
- Swan, mute
- Thrush: blackbird, fieldfare, song thrush
- Tit: blue tit, great tit
- Treecreeper
- Wagtail, pied
- Woodpecker, great spotted
- Wren
Fish
- Grass carp (non-native)
- Perch
- Roach
- Stickleback, three-spined
Mammals
- Badger
- Bats: common pipistrelle, Daubenton’s
- Deer, muntjac (rare)
- Fox, red
- Hare, brown
- Hedgehog
- Mole, European
- Mouse, field
- Rabbit, European
- Shrew, common
- Squirrel, grey
- Vole, field
- Weasel
Other
- Various butterflies, damselflies, dragonflies, moths (we’re working on a full list!)
Lists under development: they will get longer!
Updated January 2022