Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Lough Neagh

…h-west European flyway population are whooper swan Cygnus cygnus 1.6% ~ pochard Aythya ferina 8.4% ; tufted duck Aythya fuligula 2.5% ; scaup Aythya marila 1.1% and goldeneye Bucephala clangula 3.8%. Other significant species are with their percentages of the Irish population gre…

Grafham Water

…ortant numbers of wintering great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and coot Fulica atra. The site is also of national importance for the numbers of moulting mute swan Cygnus olor present in late summer. Additionally it is one of the most important sit…

Frampton Pools

… of mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, shoveler A. clypeata, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pintail Anas acuta. Rarer species such as smew Mergellus albellus and scaup Aythya marila may also be seen. Tufted duck and mallard also breed on the sit…

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

… wigeon Mareca penelope, gadwall A. strepera, shoveler A. clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, bittern Botaurus stellaris, coot Fulica atra and golden plover Pluvialis apricaria. The …

Holborough to Burham Marshes

… is especially important for wintering flocks of wildfowl including tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina, gadwall Mareca strepera and wigeon Mareca penelope particularly in very cold weather when pochard may occasionally be present in nationally significant numbers.…

Ashleworth Ham

…a. Other species which occur regularly but in lower numbers include tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina, gadwall Mareca strepera and garganey Spatula querquedula. Up to one hundred Bewick's swans Cygnus columbianus visit the area occasionally. White fronted geese A…

River Test

…s coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus are frequent and tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina and mute swan Cygnus olor also nest. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed warbler A. scirpaceus can be numerous in the tall vegetation with scattere…

Oakley Pool

…vide secure breeding areas for little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, tufted duck Aythya fuligula pochard Aythya ferina and ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis. Grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia breeds in the tall vegetation at the north end of the pool. The site is regularly used fo…

Sowley Pond

…d wigeon Mareca penelope and teal Anas crecca in winter. Numbers of tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pochard Aythya ferina are often substantial. Breeding wetland birds include mallard, tufted duck and great crested grebes Podiceps cristatus. The heronry grey heron Ardea cinerea, …

Calke Park

…ding birds on the site include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pochard Aythya ferina, all of which make use of the pond and reedbed habitat. Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus and green woodpecker Picus viridis, great spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos m…

Westwood Great Pool

…er breeding species include great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and pochard Aythya ferina. Westwood great Pool is also one of the most important sites for over wintering waterfowl in Worcestershire.

Alresford Pond

…eal Anas crecca, 83 wigeon A. penelope, 45 shoveler A. clypeata, 28 tufted duck Aythya fuligula, 64 pochard Aythya ferina. Similar eutrophic lakes are rare in chalk stream valleys and Alresford Pond is considered to be the best example within the county.

Blagdon Lake

… up to 2,000 and large numbers of mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1,000, tufted duck Aythya fuligula 425, pochard Aythya ferina 750, wigeon Mareca penelope 1,000 and coot Fulica atra 1,150. gadwall Mareca strepera, pintail Anas acuta, shoveler Spatula clypeata, goldeneye Bucephala cla…

Comber Mere

…most abundant species are mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis. Along the north side of the mere is a mixed woodland which contains a large heronry (heron). This heronry is thought to da…

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…ll Mareca strepera, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler A. clypeata, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, water rail Rallus aquaticus, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, black headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus, Sandwich tern…

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…ining plant species of local importance. The Witchett Pool has breeding pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, mute swan Cygnus olor, coot Fulica atra, grey-lag goose Anser anser, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Substan…

Barn Elms Wetland Centre

…ey heron Ardea cinerea, mute swan Cygnus olor, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little ringed plover Charadrius dubius, redshank Tringa totanus, common tern Sterna hirundo, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler Acroceph…

Orwell Estuary

…reca strepera, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, avocet, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, redshank and reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus. The breeding bird assemblage is concentrated in three main areas…

Loe Pool

…ts of teal Anas crecca are not unusual. There are also high counts for pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, gadwall Mareca strepera, and coot Fulica atra. Several rare birds have been recorded here in wint…

Amwell Quarry

…ollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little ringed plover Charadrius dubius, common tern Sterna hirundo, kingfisher Alcedo atthis, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed warbler A. scir…

Swanscombe Peninsula

…Black Duck Marsh, also support a number of breeding waterfowl including pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, gadwall Mareca strepera, shoveler Spatula clypeata, mute swan Cygnus olor and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis.

Wraysbury No. 1 Gravel Pit

…g great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and coot Fulica atra. The pit was excavated in the 1950s and is now almost fully mature, with most of the lake margins dominated by trees and scrub. In a fe…

Ingrebourne Marshes

…ow wagtail Motacilla flava which favour the wet tussocky grasslands and pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and mallard Anasplaty rhynchos which use the cover of the tall fen communities in proximity to open water. The reed beds hold large populations of reed bunti…

Slapton Ley

… olor, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina and tufted duck Aythya fuligula also feed in the open water and breed in the reed fringe. There is a nationally important population of Cetti’s warbler breeding in the fen woodland fring…

Hilton Gravel Pits

…rd Anas platyrhynchos is the most common species with teal Anas crecca, pochard Aythya ferina and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. There are, on average ten species of water bird normally using this site in winter. The grassland, on neutral to acidic soils, is probably typical of wha…

Great Pool (Tresco)

…a, wigeon Mareca penelope, shoveler Spatula clypeata, mallard, gadwall, pochard Aythya ferina and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. The site is a valuable feeding and sheltering area for a large number of Eurasian birds on passage and vagrant birds from North America are regularly rep…

Lochs of Harray and Stenness

… in the Loch of Harray. Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), non-breeding Pochard (Aythya ferina), non-breeding Scaup (Aythya marila), non-breeding Tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), non-breeding Caddis fly (Ylodes reuteri) Freshwater nerite snail (Theodoxus fluviatilis)

Southlake Moor

…reca penelope, 250 Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus and good numbers of pochard Aythya ferina, teal Anas crecca and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. When floods recede, large flocks of lapwing Vanellus vanellus and snipe Gallinago gallinago return to feed; with dunlin Calidris alpina…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…ing areas in Kent. Breeding species include avocet, shelduck, shoveler, pochard Aythya ferina, mute swan Cygnus olor, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, teal Anas crecca and gadwall Mareca strepera. The saltmarsh, in addition to serving as a roosting area for waders at high tide and su…

Portmore Lough

…larly holds nationally important numbers of three species of waterfowl; pochard Aythya ferina 3.6% of the Irish wintering population, tufted duck Aythya fuligula 3.0% and coot Fulica atra 4.0\. https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/portmore-lough-assi

Wet Moor

…igeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, mallard Anas platyrhynchos and pochard Aythya ferina together with gadwall Ana strepera, pintail Anas acuta, shoveler A. clypeata and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. Wet Moor is of international importance for wintering herds of Bewick’s swan…

Loch Leven

…la, non-breeding Pink-footed goose Anser brachyrhynchus, non-breeding Pochard Aythya ferina, non-breeding Shoveler Spatula clypeata, non-breeding Teal Anas crecca , non-breeding Tufted duck Aythya fuligula, non-breeding Whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, non-breeding Waterfowl assem…

Shotton Lagoons and Reedbeds

…as mute swan Cygnus olor, great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus, tufted duck, Aythya fuligula and black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus, the lagoons can provide roosting and feeding opportunities for a range of wintering waterfowl species such as wigeon, Mareca penelope…

Upper Severn Estuary

…wintering population, shoveler Spatula clypeata 100; c. one percent and pochard Aythya ferina 840; c. two percent. Other wildfowl feeding or resting on the flats or the fields include occasional lesser white fronted geese Anser erythropus and pink footed geese A. brachyrhynchus. …

Woolston Eyes

…of black necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis, gadwall Mareca strepera and pochard Aythya ferina and for wintering wildfowl. General description Woolston Eyes consists of four large lagoons used for depositing dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal. Recently used lagoons contain …

Combe Pool

…rebes Podiceps cristatus breed in the reed beds with a few pairs of tufted duck Aythya fuligula and shoveler Spatula clypeata, the last being rare in Warwickshire. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, water rail Rallus aquaticus and grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea also breed regularly. The w…

Turnford & Cheshunt Pits

… breeding birds, including, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, coot Fulica atra, little ringed plover Charadrius dubius, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed warbler A. scirpaceus. The aquatic invertebrate fauna is correspondingly r…

Loch of Isbister and the Loons

…geon Mareca penelope, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, red breasted merganser Mergus serrator, shoveler Spatula clypeata and shelduck Tadorna tadorna. The site is also notified for its nationally important breeding population of pintail, …

Ogston Reservoir

…d grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and tufted duck Aythya fuligula together with waterside waders such as common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos and little ringed plover Charadrius dubius. Lapwing Vanellus vanellus nest on the drier, grazed swards with s…

Cop Mere

…sted grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea and, in the woodland, sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus and green, great spotted and lesser spotted woodpecker Picus viridis, Dendrocopos major and D minor. W…

Stiffkey Valley

…as crecca, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler Spatula clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Rallus aquaticus, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, lapwing Vanellus vanellus, redshank Tringa totanus, cuckoo Cuculus canorus, kingfisher Alcedo atthis, sedge warbler Acrocep…

Middleton Pool

…sted grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and mute swan Cygnus olor. In the winter months and during migration the pool provides a refuge for small numbers of a wide variety of waterfowl. The adjacent habitats, in particular t…

Quoile

…wigeon Anas penelope are regularly recorded, with teal Anas crecca, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and goldeneye Bucephala ciangula also frequent. Up to 200 mute swan Cygnus olor moult in the area in late summer. Breeding waterfowl include gad…

Gladhouse Reservoir

…t. The reservoir also supports breeding mallard Anas platyrhynchos, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, teal Anas crecca, coot Fulica atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. There are few freshwater bodies in Mid…

Brampton Bryan Park

…thene noctua and hobby Falco subbuteo. The areas of open water have tufted duck Aythya fuligula, mallard Anas platyrhynchos and occasionally mute swan Cygnus olor. The mammals include badger Meles meles and polecat Mustela putorius.

Chew Valley Lake

…a 210 and nationally important numbers of teal Anas crecca 1750 and tufted duck Aythya fuligula 570. Other species over wintering include golden eye Bucephala clangula, wigeon Mareca penelope, snipe Gallinago gallinago, lapwing Vanellus vanellus and redshank Tringa totanus. Up to…

Flintsham & Titley Pools

…lard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, widgeon Mareca penelope, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis. The carr margins also provide an important habitat for siskins Spinus spinus and red polls Acanthis flammea. In the summer the marsh and fen vegetati…

Allscott Settling Ponds

…arquata, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, teal Anas crecca, shoveler and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. The bird population at this site has been studied for over twenty five years and is better known than that of any other locality in Shropshire.

Loch Con

…veral of which are rare. Birds such as greenshank Tringa nebularia, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and teal Anas crecca and other rare species have been known to breed at the site. The site supports scarce plant species such as hair sedge Carex capillaris, twinflower Linnaea boreali…

Achanalt Marshes

…ser Mergus serrator, mute swan Cygnus olor, wigeon Mareca penelope, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, teal Anas crecca and mallard Anas platyrhynchos. Mesotrophic loch Flood-plain fen

Whitacre Heath

…lude little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, mute swan Cygnus olor and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. Two species with more restricted national distributions, teal Anas crecca and ruddy duck Oxyura jamaicensis, have bred occasionally. Two species of wader breed here regularly, snipe …

Doxey and Tillington Marshes

…d grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, reedand sedge warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and A. schoenobaenus and, as well as snipe, two further waders redshank Tringa totanus and lapwing Vanellus vanellus. kingfisher Alcedo a…

Horse Island

…r Haematopus ostralegus, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and tufted duck Aythya fuligula. The vegetation on the island is dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with a variety of grasses and sedges and in places is quite species rich. This provides cover for…

Dearne Valley Wetlands

…reca strepera, shoveler Spatula clypeata, garganey Spatula querquedula, pochard Aythya ferina, bittern Botaurus stellaris, black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus and willow tit Poecile montanus klienschmidti. • Non-breeding gadwall Mareca strepera and shoveler Spatula clype…

Loch Ruthven

…luding little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, wigeon Mareca penelope, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, red breasted merganser Mergus serrator, oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, snipe Gallinago gallinago and curlew Numenius arquata. The marshy western end is particularly important fo…

Little Paxton Pits

…ular ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, snipe Gallinago gallinago, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, kingfisher Alcedo atthis and nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos have been recorded. In addition there is a small heronry (heron). The site also supports a particularly rich invertebrat…

Rye Meads

…ering birds. In hard weather the lagoons support concentrations of tufted duck Aythya fuligula, shoveler Spatula clypeata and gadwall Mareca strepera of national importance. The tall fen areas are used by wintering birds, notably snipe Gallinago gallinago, water rail Rallus aqua…

Devenish Island

…rs; lapwing Vanellus vanellus-2 pairs. Other breeding birds include tufted duck Aythya fuligula. The vegetation on the island is dominated by sharp-flowered rush Juncus acutiflorus, with a variety of grasses and sedges and in places is markedly species rich. This provides cover f…

River Itchen

…c salmon Salmo salar and the assemblage of breeding birds including tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard A. ferinand shoveler Spatula clypeata, the waders lapwing Vanellus vanellus, redshank Tringa totanusand snipe Gallinago gallinago and wetland passerines including sedge warble…

Humber Estuary

…la, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, pochard Aythya ferina, scaup Aythya marila, goldeneye Bucephala clangula, oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus, avocet, ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula, golden plover Pluvialis apricaria, grey plover Pluvia…

Chasewater And The Southern Staffordshire Coalfield Heaths

…viduals. A range of other wintering waterfowl are also present with tufted duck Aythya fuligula often approaching nationally important numbers on Chasewater.

Attenborough Gravel Pits

…ed nesting and feeding habitat for regular breeding species such as tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, gadwall Mareca strepera, mute swan Cygnus olor and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Large numbers of breeding reed warbler Acrocephalus sci…

Ford Green Reedbed

…area. Breeding birds include grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis.

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