Grafham Water Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire
Grafham Water is a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire that is managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Grafham Water is a great place to visit for birdwatching, overwintering birds, scenic, spring migrant birds and suits all ages.
Birds found in Grafham Water
There have been 140 species of birds recorded in the Grafham Water area.
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) |
| Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| Knot (Calidris canutus) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Mandarin (Aix galericulata) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) |
| Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Scaup (Aythya marila) |
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba) |
| White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) |
| Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| French Partridge (Alectoris rufa) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
| Goosander (Mergus merganser) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) |
| Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
| Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) |
| Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Mammals found in Grafham Water
There have been 9 species of mammals recorded in the Grafham Water area.
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
| Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi) |
| Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| Mole (Talpa europaea) |
| Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) |
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