Houghton Meadows Nature Reserve in Cambridgeshire
Houghton Meadows is a nature reserve in Cambridgeshire that is managed by Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.
Birds found in Houghton Meadows
There have been 100 species of birds recorded in the Houghton Meadows area.
| Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) |
| Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla) |
| Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
| Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Redwing (Turdus iliacus) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) |
| Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) |
| Magpie (Pica pica) |
| Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris) |
| Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Stock Dove (Columba oenas) |
| Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) |
| Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Willow Tit (Poecile montana) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
Mammals found in Houghton Meadows
There have been 10 species of mammals recorded in the Houghton Meadows area.
| American Mink (Neovison vison) |
| Domestic Cat (Felis catus) |
| Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) |
| Noctule (Nyctalus noctula) |
| Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) |
| Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) |
| Otter (Lutra lutra) |
| Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens) |
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