Baal Hill Wood Nature Reserve in County Durham

Baal Hill Wood is a nature reserve in County Durham that is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Baal Hill Wood

There have been 62 species of birds recorded in the Baal Hill Wood area.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Baal Hill Wood

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Baal Hill Wood area.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Whiskered/Brandt's Bat (Myotis mystacinus/brandtii)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)