Gillham Wood Nature Reserve in East Sussex

Gillham Wood is a nature reserve in East Sussex that is managed by Sussex Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Gillham Wood

There have been 74 species of birds recorded in the Gillham Wood area.

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Gillham Wood

There have been 11 species of mammals recorded in the Gillham Wood area.

American Mink (Neovison vison)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Badger (Meles meles)
Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)