Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner Nature Reserve in Swansea
Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner is a nature reserve in Swansea that is managed by The Wildlife Trust for South and West Wales.
Birds found in Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner
There have been 222 species of birds recorded in the Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner area.
| (Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.) |
| (Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Black Kite (Milvus migrans) |
| Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) |
| Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Booted Warbler (Iduna caligata) |
| Brent Goose (Branta bernicla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Corncrake (Crex crex) |
| Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| French Partridge (Alectoris rufa) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| 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) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) |
| Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) |
| Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) |
| Jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| Knot (Calidris canutus) |
| Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) |
| Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) |
| Little Auk (Alle alle) |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| Little Owl (Athene noctua) |
| Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus) |
| Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) |
| Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima) |
| Razorbill (Alca torda) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) |
| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Ruff (Calidris pugnax) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Scaup (Aythya marila) |
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) |
| Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Stock Dove (Columba oenas) |
| Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) |
| Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta) |
| Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
| Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) |
| Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) |
| (Corvus monedula subsp. monedula) |
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus) |
| Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria) |
| Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) |
| Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) |
| Gannet (Morus bassanus) |
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| 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) |
| Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
| Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) |
| Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) |
| Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) |
| Hoopoe (Upupa epops) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Hume's Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus humei) |
| Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus) |
| Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) |
| Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus) |
| Little Stint (Calidris minuta) |
| Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) |
| Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Northern Eider (Somateria mollissima subsp. borealis) |
| Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) |
| Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Pintail (Anas acuta) |
| Puffin (Fratercula arctica) |
| Raven (Corvus corax) |
| Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) |
| Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) |
| Red-Throated Thrush (Turdus ruficollis) |
| Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) |
| Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus) |
| Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Scarlet Rosefinch (Erythrina erythrina) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) |
| Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) |
| Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) |
| Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Willow Tit (Poecile montana) |
| Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) |
| Woodlark (Lullula arborea) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima) |
| Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Mammals found in Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner
There have been 19 species of mammals recorded in the Overton Cliff and Roydon's Corner area.
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Common Shrew (Sorex araneus) |
| Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) |
| Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Polecat (Mustela putorius) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
| Stoat (Mustela erminea) |
| Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) |
| Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) |
| Fox (Vulpes vulpes) |
| Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| Mole (Talpa europaea) |
| Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) |
| Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) |
| Weasel (Mustela nivalis) |
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