Pepper Wood Nature Reserve in City of Edinburgh

Pepper Wood is a nature reserve in City of Edinburgh that is managed by Scottish Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Pepper Wood

There have been 164 species of birds recorded in the Pepper Wood area.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Pepper Wood

There have been 20 species of mammals recorded in the Pepper Wood area.

American Mink (Neovison vison)
Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)