Midger Wood Nature Reserve in Gloucestershire

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

Birds found in Midger Wood

There have been 86 species of birds recorded in the Midger Wood area.

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow (Corvus corone agg.)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Midger Wood

There have been 17 species of mammals recorded in the Midger Wood area.

Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii)