Fishlake Meadows Nature Reserve in Hampshire

Fishlake Meadows is a nature reserve in Hampshire that is managed by Hampshire and IOW Wildlife Trust.

Fishlake Meadows is a great place to visit for Insect spotting, birdwatching and overwintering birds.

Birds found in Fishlake Meadows

There have been 123 species of birds recorded in the Fishlake Meadows area.

Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stone-Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)

Mammals found in Fishlake Meadows

There have been 11 species of mammals recorded in the Fishlake Meadows area.

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)