2026 Cholsey Wildlife list: (119 bird sp). Latest: Hen Harrier, Cattle Egret, Bullfinch and Whinchat.

Bird & other species recorded in Cholsey as of 22nd October 2026.

If anyone can add to this annual list, please let me know at cholseywildlife@gmail.com or cholseywildlife@hotmail.co.uk

Birds:

1.     Mute Swan

2.    Greylag Goose

3.    White-fronted Goose

4.    Canada Goose

5.    Egyptian Goose

6.    Common Shelduck

7.    Mallard

8.    Gadwall

9.    Shoveler

10.  Pochard

11.   Teal

12.  Mandarin Duck

13.  Red-legged Partridge

14.  Grey Partridge

15.  Pheasant

16.  (Reeve’s Pheasant)

17.  Little Grebe

18.  Great-crested Grebe

19.  Cormorant

20. Little Egret

21.  Cattle Egret

22. Grey Heron

23. Red Kite

24. Buzzard

25. Hen Harrier

26. Marsh Harrier

27. Goshawk

28. Sparrowhawk

29. Peregrine Falcon

30. Kestrel

31.  Hobby

32. Merlin

33. Water Rail

34. Moorhen

35. Oystercatcher

36. Ringed Plover

37. Little Ringed Plover

38. Golden Plover

39. Lapwing

40. Dunlin

41.  Greenshank

42. Common Sandpiper

43. Green Sandpiper

44. Common Snipe

45. Black-headed Gull

46. Common Gull

47. Herring Gull

48. Great Blackback Gull

49. Lesser Blackback Gull

50. Wood Pigeon

51.  Stock Dove

52. Collared Dove

53. Cuckoo

54. Barn Owl

55. Tawny Owl

56. Little Owl

57. Common Swift

58. Kingfisher

59. Green Woodpecker

60. Great-spotted Woodpecker

61.  Skylark

62. Barn Swallow

63. House Martin

64. Sand Martin

65. Meadow Pipit

66. Tree Pipit

67. Pied Wagtail

68. Grey Wagtail

69. Yellow Wagtail

70. Dunnock

71.  Robin

72. Stonechat

73. Whinchat

74. Common Redstart

75. Wheatear

76. Song Thrush

77. Redwing

78. Mistle Thrush

79. Fieldfare

80. Blackbird

81.  Blackcap

82. Garden Warbler

83. Common Whitethroat

84. Lesser Whitethroat

85. Sedge Warbler

86. Reed Warbler

87. Grasshopper Warbler

88. Cetti’s Warbler

89. Willow Warbler

90. Chiffchaff

91.  Goldcrest

92. Firecrest

93. Wren

94. Spotted Flycatcher

95. Blue Tit

96. Great Tit

97. Coal Tit

98. Marsh Tit

99. Long-tailed Tit

100.       Nuthatch

101.        Treecreeper

102.       Magpie

103.       Jay

104.       Jackdaw

105.       Rook

106.       Carrion Crow

107.       Raven

108.       Starling

109.       House Sparrow

110.        Chaffinch

111.         Linnet

112.        Goldfinch

113.        Greenfinch

114.        Redpoll

115.        Siskin

116.        Bullfinch

117.        Yellowhammer

118.        Reed Bunting

119.        Corn Bunting

 

Mammals:

1.     Mole

2.    Hedgehog

3.    Wood Mouse

4.    Grey Squirrel

5.    Brown Hare

6.    Polecat

7.    Stoat

8.    Red Fox

9.    Noctule

10.  Common Pipistrelle

11.   Soprano Pipistrelle

12.  Daubenton’s Bat

13.  Roe Deer

14.  Muntjac Deer

Reptiles & Amphibians:

1.     Grass Snake

2.  Smooth Newt

Dragonflies:

1.     Beautiful Demoiselle

2.    Banded Demoiselle

3.    Large Red Damselfly

4.    Common Blue Damselfly

5.    Azure Damselfly

6.    Red-eyed Damselfly

7.    White-legged Damselfly

8.    Common Clubtail

9.    Hairy Dragonfly

10.  Lesser Emperor

11.   Blue Emperor

12.  Brown Hawker

13.  Southern Hawker

14.  Migrant Hawker

15.  Southern Migrant Hawker

16.  Broad-bodied Chaser

17.  Black-tailed Skimmer

18.  Common Darter

19.  Ruddy Darter

Butterflies:

1.     Small Skipper

2.    Essex Skipper

3.    Large Skipper

4.    Dingy Skipper

5.    Clouded Yellow *

6.    Brimstone (24th Feb)

7.    Large White

8.    Small White

9.    Green-veined White

10.  Orange Tip

11.   Small Copper

12.  Small Blue

13.  Holly Blue (6th Apr) *

14.  Common Blue *

15.  Brown Argus

16.  Small Tortoiseshell (21st Mar)

17.  Red Admiral

18.  Painted Lady *

19.  Peacock (24th Feb)

20. Comma

21.  Marbled White

22. Speckled Wood

23. Gatekeeper *

24. Ringlet

25. Meadow Brown

26. Small Heath

Moths:

1.     Hummingbird Hawkmoth (11th March) *

2.    Privet Hawkmoth

3.  Scarlet Tiger Moth

4.  Jersey Tiger Moth

5.  Herald

6.  Riband Wave

7.  Large Tabby

Insects + of note:

1.     Dark-edged Bee-fly

2.    Stag Beetle

3.    Lesser Stag Beetle

4.    Wasp Beetle

5.    Twin-lobed Deer Fly Chrysops relictus

6.    Southern Green Shieldbug

7.     

 

*Above average sightings

 

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