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Summary of wildlife recorded in the Swindon area during 2010

Birds:

The following birds were recorded from a variety of other sources:
Turtle Dove, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Wyrneck, Lapland Bunting, Bearded Tit, Common Redpoll, Firecrest, Grey Plover

Other birds recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Caspian Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Iceland Gull, Little Gull, Arctic Tern, Black Tern, Little Tern, Sandwich Tern, Goshawk, Black Redstart, Tawny Pipit, Marsh Warbler, Great Northern Diver, Red-breasted Merganser, Garganey, Goldeneye, Common Scoter, Pintail, Red-crested Pochard, Ruddy Duck, Scaup, Smew, White-fronted Goose, Whooper Swan, Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, Knot, Redshank, Ringed Plover, Ruff, Sanderling, Spotted Redshank, Temminck's Stint, Turnstone, Whimbrel, Wood Sandpiper

Butterflies:

Other butterflies recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Essex Skipper, Grizzled Skipper, Brown Hairstreak

Moths:

Other moths recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Burnet Companion, Chimney Sweeper, Dusky Sallow, Forester, Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Mother Shipton, Shaded Broadbar

Dragonflies & Damselflies:

Other dragonflies & damselflies recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Downy Emerald

Insects:

Other insects recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Golden Bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle, Stag Beetle, Figwort Sawfly, Horse Fly (Haematopota pluvialis), Hoverflies (Syrphus ribesii and Eupeodes lunigar), Green Bottle Fly, Snipe Fly (Rhagio tringarius), Green Nettle Weevil, Red-tailed Bumblebee, Lime Hawk-moth caterpillar

Other Wildlife:

Other wildlife recorded from Blakehill and The Cotswold Water Park:
Stoat, Common Lizard