Barlow Burn Nature Reserve in Tyne and Wear

Barlow Burn is a nature reserve in Tyne and Wear that is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust.

Birds found in Barlow Burn

There have been 79 species of birds recorded in the Barlow Burn area.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Barlow Burn

There have been 10 species of mammals recorded in the Barlow Burn area.

(Nyctalus/Eptesicus agg.)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)