Vertebrates
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Noctule Bat - Nyctalus noctula
Wheatear - Oenanthe oenanthe
Rainbow Trout - Oncorhynchus mykiss
Rabbit - Oryctolagus cuniculus
They do a very good job of digging little holes along the paths!!!!
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.
Eurasian Minnow - Phoxinus phoxinus
Chiffchaff - Phylloscopus collybita
Yellow-browed Warbler - Phylloscopus inornatus
Willow Warbler - Phylloscopus trochilus
Magpie - Pica pica
Green Woodpecker - Picus viridis
Pipistrelle Bat - Pipistrellus pipistrellus
Soprano Pipistrelle - Pipistrellus pygmaeus
This bat was identified using a Bat Detector and so separating this species from the Common Pipistrelle.
Willow Tit - Poecile montanus
Marsh Tit - Poecile palustris
Dunnock - Prunella modularis
Ten-spined Stickleback - Pungitius pungitius
This species is also known as the Nine-spined Stickleback - the number of spines it has does vary in number!
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.