Birds

Red Kite - Milvus milvus

Pied Wagtail - Motacilla alba

Grey Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea

Grey Wagtails can be seen searchinig for insects at the lake and cascading ponds. They have usually left the reserve by autumn.

Spotted Flycatcher - Muscicapa striata

Curlew - Numenius arquata

Whimbrel - Numenius phaeopus

Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe

Great Tit - Parus major

These birds are busy across the reserve. The male has the larger black stripe down its breast, the female a much narrower one. Many of the nest boxes around the reserve are used by the Great Tits.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus

Grey Partridge - Perdix perdix

Coal Tit - Periparus ater

Cormorant - Phalacrocorax carbo

Common Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus

Common Redstart - Phoenicurus phoenicurus

This species was recorded as breeding for the first time in June 2011. The young were ringed in the nest.

Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita

Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus

Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus

Magpie - Pica pica

Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis

Willow Tit - Poecile montanus

Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris

Dunnock - Prunella modularis

Bullfinch - Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Over 3000 Bullfinches have been ringed at Foxglove. Quite often these birds can be seen feeding from the hopper in the back garden, or flitting between the trees along the access road.

Water Rail - Rallus aquaticus

Firecrest - Regulus ignicaillus