Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve by munki-boy
Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve
A great little reserve with woodland and open areas of calcareous grassland supporting a variety of wildlife.
The quarry at the foot of the crag often has nesting peregrines.
Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve is in Arnside & Silverdale AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 11 March 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Warton Crag Details
Warton Crag is a nature reserve managed by The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside.
Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve
Wildlife in and around Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve
Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve Mammals
There are 24 species of mammals recorded as found near Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus) |
| Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus) |
| Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii) |
| Fallow Deer (Dama dama) |
| 55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus) |
| Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Domestic Cat (Felis catus) |
| Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) |
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Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve Birds
There are 110 species of birds recorded as found near Warton Crag Local Nature Reserve.
| Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) |
| Barn Owl (Tyto alba) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
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