Peel Wood Nature Reserve in Swansea

Peel Wood is a nature reserve in Swansea that is managed by The Wildlife Trust for South and West Wales.

Birds found in Peel Wood

There have been 89 species of birds recorded in the Peel Wood area.

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
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)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Peel Wood

There have been 4 species of mammals recorded in the Peel Wood area.

Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)