About Wildlife around the woodland area of Dunwich Forest

The area within a five mile radius of Dunwich Forest is home to 44 species of mammals and 369 species of birds.

Dunwich Forest is a 470.86 hectare, woodland area in Suffolk, managed by Forestry Commission England.

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Mammals found near Dunwich Forest

There have been 44 species of mammals recorded within a five mile radius of Dunwich Forest.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
American Mink (Neovison vison)
Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Polecat (Mustela putorius)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus)
Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Badger (Meles meles)
Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Common Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)

Birds found near Dunwich Forest

There have been 369 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Dunwich Forest.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
(Larus argentatus subsp. argentatus)
(Limosa limosa subsp. islandica)
Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Coal Tit (Periparus ater subsp. ater)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Crane (Grus grus)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix subsp. cornix)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. glaucoides)
Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Red-Throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Rüppell's Vulture (Gyps rueppellii)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus subsp. littoralis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Serin (Serinus serinus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Silver Teal (Anas versicolor)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula subsp. tundrae)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica subsp. cyanecula)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Ardea alba subsp. alba)
(Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis)
Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow (Corvus corone agg.)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
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)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Helmeted Guinea-Fowl (Numida meleagris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Northern Eider (Somateria mollissima subsp. borealis)
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
Scarlet Rosefinch (Erythrina erythrina)
Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Southern Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis)
Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)