Ray Island Nature Reserve Nature Reserve in Essex

Ray Island Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Essex that is managed by Essex Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Ray Island Nature Reserve

There have been 81 species of birds recorded in the Ray Island Nature Reserve area.

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Ray Island Nature Reserve

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Ray Island Nature Reserve area.

Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Otter (Lutra lutra)