Penlee Battery Nature Reserve in Cornwall

Penlee Battery is a nature reserve in Cornwall that is managed by Cornwall Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Penlee Battery

There have been 110 species of birds recorded in the Penlee Battery area.

Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Penlee Battery

There have been 6 species of mammals recorded in the Penlee Battery area.

Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)