Marehill Quarry Nature Reserve in West Sussex

Marehill Quarry is a nature reserve in West Sussex that is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Marehill Quarry

There have been 97 species of birds recorded in the Marehill Quarry area.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Marehill Quarry

There have been 17 species of mammals recorded in the Marehill Quarry area.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Badger (Meles meles)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Whiskered Bat (Myotis mystacinus)