Skipper's Island Nature Reserve Nature Reserve in Essex

Skipper's Island Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Essex that is managed by Essex Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Skipper's Island Nature Reserve

There have been 38 species of birds recorded in the Skipper's Island Nature Reserve area.

Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

Mammals found in Skipper's Island Nature Reserve

There have been 8 species of mammals recorded in the Skipper's Island Nature Reserve area.

Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)