2026 Cholsey Wildlife list: (116 bird sp). Latest: Whinchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit & Reeve's Pheasant.

Bird & other species recorded in Cholsey as of 2nd September 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.  Grey Heron

22. Red Kite

23. Buzzard

24. Marsh Harrier

25. Goshawk

26. Sparrowhawk

27. Peregrine Falcon

28. Kestrel

29. Hobby

30. Merlin

31.  Water Rail

32. Moorhen

33. Oystercatcher

34. Ringed Plover

35. Little Ringed Plover

36. Golden Plover

37. Lapwing

38. Dunlin

39. Greenshank

40. Common Sandpiper

41.  Green Sandpiper

42. Common Snipe

43. Black-headed Gull

44. Common Gull

45. Herring Gull

46. Great Blackback Gull

47. Lesser Blackback Gull

48. Wood Pigeon

49. Stock Dove

50. Collared Dove

51.  Cuckoo

52. Barn Owl

53. Tawny Owl

54. Little Owl

55. Common Swift

56. Kingfisher

57. Green Woodpecker

58. Great-spotted Woodpecker

59. Skylark

60. Barn Swallow

61.  House Martin

62. Sand Martin

63. Meadow Pipit

64. Tree Pipit

65. Pied Wagtail

66. Grey Wagtail

67. Yellow Wagtail

68. Dunnock

69. Robin

70. Stonechat

71.  Whinchat

72. Common Redstart

73. Wheatear

74. Song Thrush

75. Redwing

76. Mistle Thrush

77. Fieldfare

78. Blackbird

79. Blackcap

80. Garden Warbler

81.  Common Whitethroat

82. Lesser Whitethroat

83. Sedge Warbler

84. Reed Warbler

85. Grasshopper Warbler

86. Cetti’s Warbler

87. Willow Warbler

88. Chiffchaff

89. Goldcrest

90. Firecrest

91.  Wren

92. Spotted Flycatcher

93. Blue Tit

94. Great Tit

95. Coal Tit

96. Marsh Tit

97. Long-tailed Tit

98. Nuthatch

99. Treecreeper

100.       Magpie

101.        Jay

102.       Jackdaw

103.       Rook

104.       Carrion Crow

105.       Raven

106.       Starling

107.       House Sparrow

108.       Chaffinch

109.       Linnet

110.        Goldfinch

111.         Greenfinch

112.        Redpoll

113.        Siskin

114.        Yellowhammer

115.        Reed Bunting

116.        Corn Bunting

 

Mammals:

1.     Mole

2.    Hedgehog

3.    Wood Mouse

4.    Grey Squirrel

5.    Brown Hare

6.    Stoat

7.    Noctule

8.    Common Pipistrelle

9.    Soprano Pipistrelle

10.  Daubenton’s Bat

11.   Roe Deer

12.  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

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