Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre Nature Reserve in Essex
Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre is a nature reserve in Essex that is managed by Essex Wildlife Trust.
Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre is a great place to visit for birdwatching, fungi, overwintering birds, peaceful, reptiles, scenic, spring migrant birds, springtime, suits all ages and wildflowers.
Birds found in Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
There have been 130 species of birds recorded in the Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre area.
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) |
| Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
| Goosander (Mergus merganser) |
| Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Smew (Mergellus albellus) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) |
| Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| French Partridge (Alectoris rufa) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| Little Stint (Calidris minuta) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) |
| Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) |
| Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) |
| Stock Dove (Columba oenas) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima) |
Mammals found in Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre
There have been 10 species of mammals recorded in the Hanningfield Reservoir Visitor Centre area.
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
| Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) |
| Mole (Talpa europaea) |
| Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis) |
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