Dry Sandford Pit Nature Reserve in Oxfordshire
Dry Sandford Pit is a nature reserve in Oxfordshire that is managed by Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.
Dry Sandford Pit is a great place to visit for fungi, geological interest, lichens and mosses and wildflowers.
Birds found in Dry Sandford Pit
There have been 78 species of birds recorded in the Dry Sandford Pit area.
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| French Partridge (Alectoris rufa) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Stock Dove (Columba oenas) |
| Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Mammals found in Dry Sandford Pit
There have been 9 species of mammals recorded in the Dry Sandford Pit area.
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) |
| Weasel (Mustela nivalis) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| Fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Polecat (Mustela putorius) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
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