Red Jacket Fen Nature Reserve in Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)

Red Jacket Fen is a nature reserve in Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot) that is managed by The Wildlife Trust for South and West Wales.

Birds found in Red Jacket Fen

There have been 112 species of birds recorded in the Red Jacket Fen area.

Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Red Jacket Fen

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Red Jacket Fen area.

Badger (Meles meles)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)