Mappp.co geology and wildlife sites

Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay

…r 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 Thalasseus sandvicensis, common tern Sterna hirundo, lit…

Amwell Quarry

…so support an outstanding assemblage of breeding birds, including, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little ringed plover Charadrius dubius, common tern Sterna …

Pitsford Reservoir

…f breeding birds including great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, teal Anas crecca, kingfisher Alcedo atthis and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Bordering the reservoir the grassland, scrub, marsh, temporarily inundated shoreline and pl…

River Itchen

…pecies. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, grey wagtail Motacilla cinereand little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis are frequent. In the dense vegetation along the river’s margins, coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus are common and tufted duck and mute swan Cygnus olor nest. Sed…

Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

…which includes mute swan, gadwall, shoveler, pochard, tufted duck, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe and wading birds such as redshank Tringa totanus, which have suffered a steady population decline across the region. Exposed shoreline margins, banks and sp…

Hayle Estuary & Carrack Gladden

…reat northern diver Gavia immer, Slavonian grebe Podiceps auritus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and goldeneye Bucephala clangula. The dune and dune grassland on the central triangular spit provide important roosting areas for many of the birds that visit the estuary. The s…

Whitacre Heath

…es are all represented. The species which breed regularly include 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 oc…

Oakley Pool

…mp. The margins of the pool also provide 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…

Woodchester Park

…ldfowl and breeding species such as mallard Anas platyrhynchos and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Eleven species of dragonfly occur here including the nationally restricted ruddy darter Sympetrum sanguineum and the downy emerald Cordulia aenea. The site is also noted for it…

Edgbaston Pool

…range of dead timber with associated fungi. Breeding birds include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and in the woodland, lesser spotted woodpecker Dryobates minor.

Upton Warren Pools

…uck Oxyuraja maicensis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. The site has considerable botanical importance. The halophytic salt loving plants round the southern pools represent one of the few inland areas of saline vegetation in Britain…

Woolston Eyes

… species. The following species also contribute to the assemblage, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, mute swan Cygnus olor, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, teal Anas crecca, shoveler Spatula clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Ra…

Milford Haven Waterway

…ecome frozen. Species of special interest within the Haven include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, wigeon Mareca penelope, teal Anas crecca, dunlin Calidris alpina and curlew Numenius arquata. The Haven makes up the lower part of the Cleddau catchme…

West Moor

… Other regular winter visitors include Hen harrier Circus cyaneus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and Jack snipe Lymnocryptes minimus. Lapwing, snipe, redshank Tringa totanus and curlew Numenius arquata breed on the moist ground in spring, with moorhen Gallinula chloropus an…

Thursley, Hankley & Frensham Commons

…wan Cygnus olor, coot Fulica atra, water rail Rallus aquaticus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Birds which breed in the areas of woodland include all three British woodpecker, woodcock Scolopax rusticola, redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus, tawn owl Strix aluco, nightinga…

Mill Lough

…for waterfowl overwintering in the Upper Lough Erne basin, notably little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis with 48% of the last five year average maximum count for Upper Lough Erne and coot Fulica atra 20%. Mill Lough is also of invertebrate interest. The aquatic invertebrate fauna i…

Westhay Heath

…ts breeding populations of at least 16 bird species. These include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti, whinchat Saxicola rubetra, water rail Rallus aquaticus, mute swan Cygnus olor, reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler Acrocephalus sc…

Moors River System

…a and kingfisher Alcedo atthis and some open water species such as little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. Areas of adjacent swamp, fen and fen meadow provide valuable breeding habitat for further species including reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, grasshopper warbler Locustella…

Ely Pits and Meadows

…emblage, including mute swan Cygnus olor, gadwall Mareca strepera, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Stands of marginal vegetation and scattered scrub around the pits provide nesting habitat for bittern, marsh harrier Circus aeruginos…

Woolmer Forest

…other uncommon breeding bird in Britain. Both teal Anas crecca and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis breed within the wetlands of the SSSI. The woodlands of Holm and Holly Hills and Passfield Common support a rich bird fauna including a number of species which breed in tree hol…

Attenborough Gravel Pits

… 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 scirpaceus and sedge warbler A. s…

Cop Mere

… warbler A. schoenobaenus, great crested 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 virid…

Marton Pool, Chirbury

…n. Breeding birds include great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, water rail Rallus aquaticus and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, for which this is probably the most important site in Shropshire.

Westhay Moor

…d peat workings attract wintering and breeding waterfowl including little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and water rail Rallus aquaticus. Other vertebrate species present include the otter Lutra lutra, grass snake Natrix natrix and common frog Rana temporaria.

Middleton Pool

…Breeding waterfowl include great crested 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. Th…

Swanscombe Peninsula

…eca strepera, shoveler Spatula clypeata, mute swan Cygnus olor and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis.

Ufton Fields

…ersity of breeding and overwintering birds. Breeding birds include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and water rail Rallus aquaticus as well as snipe Gallinago gallinago.

Humber Estuary

…nt years. The following species also contribute to the assemblage, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, mute swan Cygnus olor, shelduck, gadwall Mareca strepera, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pochard, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Ra…

Doxey and Tillington Marshes

…reeding species include great crested 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 Va…

Brading Marshes to St. Helen's Ledges

…nellus, snipe Gallinago gallinago, pochard Aythya ferina, teal and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. The SSSI includes a geological exposure of national scientific importance from St Helen’s Ledges to Horseshoe Point. This exposure is a limestone at the base of Bembridge Marl…

Calke Park

…rarely recorded in Derbyshire. Breeding 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, gr…

Allscott Settling Ponds

…ing population. Fifty seven species breed regularly. These include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, shoveler Spatula clypeata, little ringed plover Charadrius dubius, turtle dove Streptopelia turtur, sand martin Riparia riparia, six species of warbler and yellow wagtail Motac…

Chew Valley Lake

…p to 50 broods of great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and 28 of little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis are raised annually; autumn numbers of great crested grebe 400 are the highest in Britain. Duck species breeding regularly include gadwall, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, shoveler,…

Upper Fal Estuary and Woods

…t greenshank Tringa nebularia, spotted redshank Tringa erythropus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and kingfisher Alcedo atthis. Small but growing numbers of little egret Egretta garzetta now occur within the complex. The site is important for grey heron Ardea cinerea and the…

Ford Green Reedbed

…shopper warbler Locustella naevia, tufted duck Aythya fuligula and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis.

Migneint-Arenig-Dduallt

…nthe oenanthe, ring ouzel Turdus torquatus and raven Corvus corax. Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, teal Anas crecca and common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos, grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea and dipper Cinclus cinclus are also part of the assemblage and are associated with the …

Blagdon Lake

…wan Cygnus columbianus, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis winter in smaller numbers. 57 species of breeding bird have been recorded, including mallard, shoveler, tufted duck, coot, moorhen Gallinula chloropus, great crested grebe and l…

Loch of Mey

…this site including gadwall Mareca strepera, shoveler A. clypeata, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus and mute swan Cygnus olor. It is also an important area for breeding waders including redshank Tring…

Hurcott and Podmore Pools

…birds breed here including great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, kingfisher Alcedo atthis and reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus.

Quoile

…a atra, moorhen Gallinula chloropus, water rail Rallus aquaticus, little greebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Waders, including snipe Gallinago gallinago and lapwing Vanellus vanellus, nest in the wet grasslands. The mature woodlands contain t…

River Test

…itous kingfisher Alcedo atthis, grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. In the dense vegetation along its margins coot Fulica atra and moorhen Gallinula chloropus are frequent and tufted duck Aythya fuligula, pochard Aythya ferina and mute swan Cyg…

River Wensum

…la anguilla and barbel Barbus barbus. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis breed along the River, whilst the adjacent wetlands have good populations of reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus, sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and barn owl Tyto alb…

Hilton Gravel Pits

…ude water birds such as great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. The site is particularly important for its warblers with large numbers of sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus and reed warbler A. scirpaceus. Small numbers of whitethroat …

Stiffkey Valley

… and their margins and lowland damp grasslands found here includes little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, gadwall Mareca strepera, teal Anas crecca, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler Spatula clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Rallus aqu…

Barn Elms Wetland Centre

…sociated with lowland open waters and their margins. These include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, grey heron Ardea cinerea, mute swan Cygnus olor, gadwall Mareca strepera, pochard Aythya ferina, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, little rin…

Betley Mere

…e year and more than 50 species breed including little and great crested grebes Tachybaptus ruficollis and Podiceps cristatus, grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea and seven species of warbler. There is a representative and diverse aquatic invertebrate fauna associated with Betley Mere…

Orwell Estuary

…g birds characteristic of open waters and their margins comprising little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, mute swan Cygnus olor, shelduck Tadorna tadorna, gadwall Mareca strepera, garganey Spatula querquedula, shoveler Spatula clypeata, pocha…

Gladhouse Reservoir

…en Gallinula chloropus, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. There are few freshwater bodies in Midlothian so Gladhouse is of local significance for its aquatic and emergent plants and aquatic invertebrates.

Twyni Lacharn - Pentywyn / Laugharne - Pendine Burrows

…te swan Cygnus olor, coot Fulica atra, grey-lag goose Anser anser, little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis and great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus. Substantial populations of reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus and sedge warbler A. schoenobaenus nest in the reed-beds and marshes.…

Grafham Water

…y of breeding wetland birds. More notable species recorded include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus, gadwall Mareca strepera, shoveler A. clypeata, tufted duck Aythya fuligula, water rail Rallus aquaticus and ringed plover Charadrius hia…

River Avon System

…he upper reaches of the system birds breeding on the river include little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, kingfisher and mute swan. Fringing vegetation is used by reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus, yellow wagtail Motacilla flava, sedge warbler and reed warbler. Fish The system has…

Ogston Reservoir

…n the water margin include great crested 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 …

Loch Ruthven

…oosting and nesting site for 15 species of aquatic birds including 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 …

River Usk (Upper Usk) / Afon Wysg (Wysg Uchaf)

…a cinerea, dipper Cinclus cinclus, goosander Mergus merganser, and little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis, and a number of species which are scarce in this part of mid-Wales, such as yellow wagtail Motacilla flava and little ringed-plover Charadrius dubius. Kingfisher Alcedo atthis …

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