Birds of Narroways & District

 

 

Name
Latin name
Notes
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Occasionally on nearby ponds
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
* Buzzard Buteo buteo Being mobbed by gulls high above Narroways(GW 14.8.2001)
* Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Increasingly seen darting from trees and bushes
* Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Occasionally on gateposts and hovering overhead.
Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Moorhen Gallinula chloropus On Boiling Wells Brook
*Woodcock Scolopax rusticola (RH & DL late 1994)
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus  
Herring Gull Larus argentatus  
*Stock Dove Columba oenas
*Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
*Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Kingfisher Alcedo atthis On Boiling Wells Brook
*Green Woodpecker Picus viridis
Skylark Alauda arvensis
*Swift Apus apus Regular visitor in Summer
Sand Martin Riparia riparia (DB 24.4.1988)  
*Swallow Hirundo rustica (DB 23.4.89)(HMcP 29.4.2001)
*House Martin Delichon urbica Summer
*Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
*Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrelli
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea On stream by Lynmouth Road
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Flying through on migration (DB 30.4.2001)
*Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Common
*Dunnock Prunella modularis
*Robin Erithacus rubecula
*Whinchat Saxicola rubetra (DB 26.8.90)
*Blackbird Turdus merula
*Fieldfare Turdus pilaris (HMcP 11.2.1991)
*Redwing Turdus iliacus Winter
*Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
*Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
*Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Summer
*Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Summer
*Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Summer
*Whitethroat Sylvia communis Summer
*Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Summer
*Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Summer
*Goldcrest Regulus regulus
*Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
Coal Tit Parus ater
*Great Tit Parus major major Common
*Blue Tit Parus caeruleus Common
*Jay Garrulus glandarius Up to 7 at a time
*Magpie Pica pica
Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus (DB 18.10.89)
*Carrion Crow Corvus corone corone
Starling Sturnus vulgaris
*House Sparrow Passer domesticus
*Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
*Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
Siskin Carduelis spinus Winter
Linnet Carduelis cannabina
*Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
*Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Budgerigar - Escaped from captivity (HMcP 2.7.1995)
Guinea Fowl - Escaped from City Farm(HMcP 22.10.2000)
* = Actually seen on Narroways
DB = Des Bowring:HMcP = Harry McPhillimy: RH & DL = Rupert Higgins & Dawn Lawrence:GW = Guy Watson

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