Great Traston Meadows SSSI Nature Reserve in Newport (Casnewydd)
Great Traston Meadows SSSI is a nature reserve in Newport (Casnewydd) that is managed by Gwent Wildlife Trust.
Birds found in Great Traston Meadows SSSI
There have been 252 species of birds recorded in the Great Traston Meadows SSSI area.
| 'Comic' tern (Sterna paradisaea/hirundo) |
| (Branta canadensis subsp. canadensis) |
| American Wigeon (Anas americana) |
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Australian Shelduck (Tadorna tadornoides) |
| Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) |
| Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii) |
| Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blossom-headed Parakeet (Psittacula roseata) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) |
| Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) |
| Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) |
| Crane (Grus grus) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla) |
| Dipper (Cinclus cinclus) |
| Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| French Partridge (Alectoris rufa) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) |
| Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
| Goosander (Mergus merganser) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) |
| Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) |
| Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) |
| Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) |
| Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
| Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) |
| Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| Little Stint (Calidris minuta) |
| Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Mandarin (Aix galericulata) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) |
| Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva) |
| Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) |
| Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) |
| Razorbill (Alca torda) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) |
| Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) |
| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
| Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) |
| Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) |
| Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides) |
| Scaup X Tufted Duck Hybrid (Aythya marila x fuligula) |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Smew (Mergellus albellus) |
| Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) |
| Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) |
| Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii) |
| Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) |
| Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
| Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Willow Tit (Poecile montana) |
| Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) |
| Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) |
| Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) |
| (Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.) |
| American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) |
| Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Aythya hybrid (Aythya hybrid sp.) |
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) |
| Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) |
| Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) |
| Black-Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Corncrake (Crex crex) |
| Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) |
| Gannet (Morus bassanus) |
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) |
| Great Shearwater (Puffinus gravis) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| Great White Egret (Ardea alba) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
| Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) |
| Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) |
| Hoopoe (Upupa epops) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) |
| Jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| Knot (Calidris canutus) |
| Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) |
| Lesser Canada Goose (Branta canadensis subsp. parvipes) |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (curruca) (Sylvia curruca subsp. curruca) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| Little Owl (Athene noctua) |
| Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota) |
| Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus) |
| Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Pintail (Anas acuta) |
| Puffin (Fratercula arctica) |
| Raven (Corvus corax) |
| Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) |
| Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) |
| Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) |
| Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) |
| Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) |
| Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) |
| Ruff (Calidris pugnax) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Scaup (Aythya marila) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) |
| Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) |
| Stock Dove (Columba oenas) |
| Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) |
| Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) |
| Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) |
| Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba) |
| White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis) |
| Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) |
| Woodlark (Lullula arborea) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima) |
| Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Mammals found in Great Traston Meadows SSSI
There have been 24 species of mammals recorded in the Great Traston Meadows SSSI area.
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Black Rat (Rattus rattus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| Fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| House Mouse (Mus musculus) |
| Otter (Lutra lutra) |
| Polecat (Mustela putorius) |
| Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) |
| Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) |
| Weasel (Mustela nivalis) |
| Badger (Meles meles) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
| Fallow Deer (Dama dama) |
| Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Mole (Talpa europaea) |
| Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
| Stoat (Mustela erminea) |
| Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius) |
| Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii) |
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