Taunton Wildlife

As I have just acquired decent equipment, I will add photos to this page as I take them.

Systematic list:         (images marked * are digi-scoped)

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Northern gannet Morus bassana (Ilfracombe, Devon)

little egret Egretta garzetta (Taw Estuary, Devon)

great white egret Egretta alba (Westhay Moor, Som.)

grey heron Ardea cinerea (Greylake RSPB, Som.)

white stork Ciconia ciconia (Algarve)*

glossy ibis Geronticus eremita (Greylake RSPB)

osprey Pandion haliaetus (Shapwick NNR, Som.)

common buzzard Buteo buteo (Brittany)

black kite Milvus migrans (Brittany)

purple gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio (Algarve)*

great bustard Otis tarda (Curry Moor, Som.)

oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus (Taw Estuary, Devon)

collared pratincole Glareola pratincola (Llanelli)*

turnstone Arenaria interpres (Brittany)

sanderling Calidris albus (Brittany)

dunlin Calidris alpina (Brittany)

common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos (Taw Estuary, Devon)

purple sandpiper Calidris maritima (Ilfracombe, Devon)

redshank Tringa totanus (Taw Estuary, Devon)

greenshank Tringa nebularia (Greylake, Som.)

ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula (Brittany)

kentish plover Charadrius alexandrinus (Brittany)

black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus (Brittany)

avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (Brittany)

bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica (Taw Estuary, Devon)

curlew Numenius arquata (Taw Estuary, Devon)

whimbrel Numenius phaeopus (Taw Estuary, Devon)

common snipe Gallinago gallinago (Greylake)

Mediterranean gull Larus melanocephalus (Minehead, Som.)

Iceland gull Larus glaucoides (Minehead, Som.)

Audouin's gull Larus audouinii (Menorca)*

Sabine's gull Larus sabini (Huntspill Sea Wall, Som.)

common gull Larus canus (Brittany)

glaucous gull Larus hyperboreus (Nether Stowey, Som.)*

yellow-legged gull Larus cacchinans (Algarve)*

whiskered tern Chlidonius hybridus (Algarve)*

sandwich tern Sterna sandviscensis (Brittany)

wood pigeon Columba palumbus (Taunton)

barn swallow (juv) Hirundo rustica (Hestercombe)

sand martin  Riparia riparia (Brittany)

meadow pipit Anthus pratensis (Quantock Hills)

rock pipit Anthus petrosus (Ilfracombe)

dunnock Prunella modularis (Lodmoor)

Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe (Northam Burrows, Devon)

Northern wheatear (male) Oenanthe oenanthe (Brittany)

stonechat (male) Saxicola torquata (Quantock Hills)

stonechat (juv) (Dawlish Warren, Devon)

bluethroat Luscinia svecica (Brittany)

robin (juv), Erithacus rubecula (West Sedgemoor, Som.)

whitethroat  Sylvia communis (Taunton)

willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (Quantocks)

chiffchaff  Phylloscopus colybita (Brittany)

reed warbler  Acrocephalus scirpaceus (Greylake)

sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (Greylake)

spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata (Hestercombe)

marsh tit Parus palustris (West Sedgemoor)

long-tailed tit Aegithalos caudatus (North Newton)

azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus (Algarve)*

jay Garrulus glandarius (West Sedgemoor)

bullfinch (male) Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Taunton)

serin Serinus serinus (Brittany)

goldfinch Carduelis carduelis (Taw estuary, Devon)

greenfinch Carduelis chloris (Taunton)

 

Scientific bird names explained

Mammals

roe deer at Ham Wall

grey squirrel at West Sedgemoor

red fox Taunton

rabbit Taunton

otter Shapwick NNR

harbour porpoise Ilfracombe, Devon

Insects

Butterflies -

Comma at Hestercombe

Common blue (male) at Braunton Burrows

Common  blue (female) at Braunton Burrows

Gatekeeper at Braunton Burrows

Painted lady at Braunton Marshes