Trimley Marshes Nature Reserve in Suffolk

Trimley Marshes is a nature reserve in Suffolk that is managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

Trimley Marshes is a great place to visit for birdwatching.

Birds found in Trimley Marshes

There have been 262 species of birds recorded in the Trimley Marshes area.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Chinese Grosbeak (Eophona migratoria)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Desert Finch (Rhodopechys obsoleta)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)
Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lanner (Falco biarmicus)
Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Lord Derby's Parakeet (Psittacula derbiana)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Saker (Falco cherrug)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus subsp. littoralis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer)
(Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis)
Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barbary Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Brant (Branta bernicla subsp. nigricans)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Orange-winged Amazon (Amazona amazonica)
Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siberian Stonechat (maura) (Saxicola maurus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Southern Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis)
Speckled/Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodlark (Lullula arborea)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Breasted Bunting (Emberiza aureola)
Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Trimley Marshes

There have been 23 species of mammals recorded in the Trimley Marshes area.

Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Coypu (Myocastor coypus)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)