Summary of wildlife recorded in the Swindon area during 2011
Birds:
- Crow, Rook, Jackdaw, Raven, Magpie, Jay, Starling
- Grey Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, Quail (heard), Pheasant, Reeve's Pheasant (feral)
- Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Turtle Dove
- Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, Fieldfare, Redwing, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Ring Ouzel, Waxwing
- Black-headed Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, Little Gull, Kittiwake, Common Tern, Black Tern
- Swift, Swallow, House Martin, Sand Martin
- Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Merlin, Red Kite, Peregrine, Hobby, Osprey, Hen Harrier
- Nightjar, Woodcock, Tawny Owl, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Short-eared Owl
- Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Marsh Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit
- Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Linnet, Siskin, Crossbill, Brambling, Lesser Redpoll, Common Redpoll, Redstart
- Goldcrest, Treecreeper, Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Green Woodpecker, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Cuckoo
- Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail
- Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Grasshopper Warbler
- Stonechat, Whinchat, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Tree Pipit, Wheatear, Spotted Flycatcher
- Coot, Moorhen, Water Rail, Goosander, Kingfisher, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe
- Mallard, Tufted Duck, Gadwall, Shoveler, Teal, Wigeon, Pochard, Red-crested Pochard, Goldeneye, Pintail, Smew, Shelduck, Ruddy Shelduck (unknown origin), Mandarin, Wood Duck (feral), Ferruginous Duck (unknown origin)
- Canada Goose, Greylag Goose, White-fronted Goose, Barnacle Goose (unknown origin), Bar-headed Goose (escape), Mute Swan, Black Swan (escape)
- Lapwing, Golden Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Curlew (heard), Whimbrel (heard), Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, Redshank, Snipe, Jack Snipe
The following birds were recorded from a variety of other sources:
Honey Buzzard, Crane, Dunlin, Firecrest, Pied Flycatcher, Marsh Harrier, Hoopoe, Wood Lark, Wood Warbler
Other birds recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Avocet, Bittern, Great Northern Diver, Long-tailed Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Ruddy Duck, Great White Egret, Greater Flamingo (escape), Garganey, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-tailed Godwit, Eygptian Goose, Pink-footed Goose, Red-breasted Goose (unknown origin), Black-necked Grebe, Kumlien's Gull, Meditteranean Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Black Kite, Knot, Red-breasted Merganser, Nightingale, Oystercatcher, Rock Pipit, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover, Spotted Redshank, Ruff, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Scaup, Australian Shelduck (escape), Great Grey Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Spoonbill, Little Stint, Temminck's Stint, Bewick's Swan, Ringed Teal (escape), Little Tern, Sandwich Tern, Turnstone
A couple of schedule 1 species were not published, due to the possibilty of breeding:
Montagu's Harrier, Goshawk
Nightjar in a Purton garden - per Keith Mills
Butterflies:
- Purple Emperor, White Admiral, Marbled White, Comma, Peacock, Red Admiral, Painted Lady, Ringlet, Speckled Wood, Small Tortoiseshell, Small Heath, Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper
- Purple Hairstreak, White Letter Hairstreak, Brown Hairstreak, Green Hairstreak
- Silver-washed Fritillary, Marsh Fritillary, Large Skipper, Small Skipper, Essex Skipper, Grizzled Skipper
- Chalkhill Blue, Holly Blue, Small Blue, Adonis Blue, Common Blue, Brown Argus, Small Copper
- Large White, Small White, Green-viened White, Brimstone, Orange-tip
Moths:
- Angle Shades, Blood-vein Moth, Burnet Companion, Five-spot Burnet Moth, Forester, Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Lesser Yellow Underwing, Red Underwing, Scarlet Tiger Moth, Silver Y, Silver-ground Carpet, Yellow Shell, Orange Underwing, Hebrew Character, Red Twin-spot Carpet, Ruby Tiger Moth, Pale Tussock, Cinnabar, Ingrailed Clay, Old Lady, Grey Dagger moth, Vapourer Moth
Other moths recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Chimney Sweeper, Mother Shipton, Shaded Broadbar, Six-spot Burnet Moth, Dotted Border, Middle-barred Minor, Square-spot Rustic
- Common Darter
- Emperor Dragonfly, Southern Hawker, Migrant Hawker, Brown Hawker
- Four-spotted Chaser, Broad-bodied Chaser, Black-tailed Skimmer, Downy Emerald
- Azure Damselfly, Blue-tailed Damselfly, Common Blue Damselfly, Large Red Damselfly, Emerald Damselfly
Other dragonflies & damselflies recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Red-eyed Damselfly
Insects:
- Cardinal Beetle, Bloody-nosed Beetle, Banded Snail sp, Dark Bush Cricket, Field Grasshopper, Golden Bloomed Grey Longhorn beetle, Green Leafhopper, Green Nettle Weevil, Harlequin Ladybird, Kidney-spot Ladybird, Knot Grass Moth caterpillar, White Satin Moth caterpillar, Lacewing, May Bug, Oak Bush Cricket, Red and Black Froghopper, Large Yellow Underwing caterpillar, Oil Beetle sp, Black Oil Beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus), The Drinker moth caterpillar, Hawthorn Shield Bug, Longhorn beetle (Strangalia maculata), Glow Worm, Soldier Beetle, Elephant Hawk-moth caterpillar, 14-spot Ladybird
- Scorpion Fly, Grey Flesh Fly, Leaden Spider Wasp, Noon-fly, Alder Fly (Sialis lutaria), Marmalade Hoverfly
- Hornet, Red-tailed Bumblebee, White-tailed Bumblebee, Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), Cuckoo Bee (Bombus sylvestris), Cuckoo Bee (Bombus vestalis), Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major), Dotted Bee-fly (Bombus discolor), Hairy-footed Flower-bee (Anthophora plumipes), Tawny Mining Bee, Cuckoo Bee (Bombus rupestris), Ashy Mining Bee, Solitary Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa), Bee-fly sp, Wasp sp, Honey Bee
Other insects recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Cinnabar Caterpillar, Small Eggar caterpillar, Nursery Web spider, Buff-tip caterpillar, Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Other Wildlife:
- Badger, Fallow Deer, Fox, Hare, Hedgehog, Muntjac, Rabbit, Rat sp, Roe Deer, Grey Squirrel, Stoat, Weasel, Bat sp, Pipistrelle, Wood Mouse
- Carp, Perch, Roach, Chinese Soft Shell Turtle (release or escape), Terrapin (release or escape)
- Common Toad, Smooth Newt
Other wildlife recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Soprano Pipistrelle, Field Vole, Common Lizard, Common Frog, Adder