Langford Lakes Bird Species List
Passerines Blackbird Blackcap Black Redstart Blue Tit Brambling Bullfinch Carrion Crow Cetti's Warbler Chaffinch Chiffchaff Coal Tit Corn Bunting Dipper Dunnock Fieldfare Firecrest Garden Warbler Goldcrest Goldfinch Grasshopper Warbler Great Grey Shrike Great Tit Greenfinch Grey Wagtail House Martin House Sparrow Jackdaw Jay Lesser Redpoll Lesser Whitethroat Linnet Long-tailed Tit Magpie Marsh Tit Meadow Pipit wsb wsb rare wsb w wsb wsb wsp(b?) wsb wsb ws(b) rare ws rare wp wsb w rare wp sb wsb wsb rare sp(b?) rare w wsb wsb wsb sp ws wsb rare ws wp s(b) ws wsb wsb ws ws Wiltshire Ornithological Society Founded in 1974, the Society encourages the study, recording and conservation of the county’s birds. Recorded findings are published in ‘Hobby’, the annual bird report, and in WOS News, a quarterly bulletin. Field trips allow birding in small groups and indoor meetings are held in winter months. For further information contact: [email protected] www.wiltshirebirds.co.uk Mistle Thrush Nuthatch Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail Raven Redstart Redwing Reed Bunting Reed Warbler Ring Ouzel Robin Rook Sand Martin Sedge Warbler Siskin Skylark Song Thrush Spotted Flycatcher Starling Stonechat Swallow Treecreeper Waxwing Wheatear Whinchat Whitethroat White Wagtail Willow Warbler Wren Yellowhammer Yellow Wagtail Non-passerines Cuckoo Great Spotted Woodpecker Green Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Kingfisher Ring-necked Parakeet Swift wsb rare ws rare p wsb ws rare p w wsb sb rare p wsb wsb sp(b) sb wp, scarce s(b) ws wsb sb wsb wsp sp wsb rare w p scarce sp sb rare p sb wsb ws rare p Birds checklist at Langford Lakes s(b) wsb wsb rare ws wsb rare ws sp Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Ltd. Elm Tree Court, Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NJ. Charity No. 266202 (01380) 725670 [email protected] www.wiltshirewildlife.org facebook.com/WiltsWild @WiltsWildlife Red-crested pochard, John Osborne / WOS Langford Lakes nature reserve lies in the heart of the Wylye valley in south Wiltshire. The wetland complex consists of four lakes, ditches, meadow and over a kilometre of chalk river. Birds of prey and Owls Barn Owl Buzzard Hen Harrier Hobby Kestrel Little Owl Marsh Harrier Merlin Osprey Peregrine Red Kite Short-eared Owl Sparrowhawk Tawny Owl wsb wsb scarce wp s ws ws rare p rare wp scarce p ws ws rare wp wsb wsb Wildfowl Bewick's Swan Black-necked Grebe Black-throated Diver Brent Goose Canada Goose Common Scoter Egyptian Goose Ferruginous Duck Gadwall Garganey Goldeneye Goosander Great Crested Grebe Greylag Goose Little Grebe Long-tailed Duck Mallard Mandarin Moorhen Mute Swan Pintail Pochard Red-breasted Merganser rare w rare wp rare w rare w wsb rare w rare ws (feral) rare w wsb rare p scarce w scarce w wsb rare w, (feral) wsb rare w wsb ws(b) wsb wsb rare w ws(b) rare w Key to status at Langford Lakes s seen in summer w seen in winter (or outside the breeding season) b breeds on the reserve (or nearby) (b) occasional breeder, or has bred in the past p passage migrant scarce scarce visitor, not recorded every year rare rare visitor, only seen a few times Red-crested Pochard Red-necked Grebe Ruddy Duck Ruddy Shelduck Scaup Shoveler Shelduck Slavonian Grebe Smew Teal Tufted Duck White-fronted Goose Whooper Swan Wigeon Waders Bittern Black-tailed Godwit Common Sandpiper Coot Curlew Dunlin Golden Plover Great White Egret Green Sandpiper Greenshank Grey Heron Grey Plover Jack Snipe Lapwing Little Egret Little Ringed Plover Little Stint Oystercatcher Redshank Ringed Plover Ruff Snipe Spotted Redshank Whimbrel Wood Sandpiper rare w rare wp ws(b) now rare rare w (feral) rare w w scarce wp rare wp rare w w wsb rare w rare w w scarce w rare p sp(b) rare w wsb scarce wp scarce wp scarce wp rare p p, scarce w rare p ws rare p rare w ws ws rare sp(b) rare p scarce wp scarce p rare p rare p w rare p rare p rare wp These additional species recorded at Langford Lakes are presumed to be escapees from captivity: Trumpeter Swan, Black Swan, Snow Goose, Barheaded Goose, Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Wood Duck. Seabirds Arctic Tern Black-headed Gull Black Tern Caspian Gull Common Gull Common Tern Cormorant Great Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Iceland Gull Kittiwake Lesser Black-backed Gull Little Gull Little Tern Mediterranean Gull Sandwich Tern Shag Yellow-legged Gull rare p wsp p rare wp wp sp(b) ws scarce wp wsp rare w rare wp wsp rare wp rare p scarce wp rare p rare w wp Gamebirds Collared Dove Feral Pigeon Grey Partridge Pheasant Quail Red-legged Partridge Stock Dove Turtle Dove Water Rail Woodcock Woodpigeon ws ws rare ws wsb rare s ws ws(b) rare sp w w wsb
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