Five Arches Pit Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire

Five Arches Pit is a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire that is managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Birds found in Five Arches Pit

There have been 64 species of birds recorded in the Five Arches Pit area.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Five Arches Pit

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Five Arches Pit area.

Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)