Box Wood Nature Reserve in Gloucestershire

Box Wood is a nature reserve in Gloucestershire that is managed by Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Box Wood

There have been 80 species of birds recorded in the Box Wood area.

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Mammals found in Box Wood

There have been 19 species of mammals recorded in the Box Wood area.

Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii)
Bechstein's Bat (Myotis bechsteinii)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus)