Wildlife in Bedfordshire

Mammals in Bedfordshire

There are 46 species of mammals recorded as found in Bedfordshire.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
American Mink (Neovison vison)
Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Chinese Barking Deer (Muntiacus reevesi)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Noctule (Nyctalus noctula)
Pine Marten (Martes martes)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
Brown Long-Eared Bat (Plecotus auritus)
Fallow Deer (Dama dama)
Natterer's Bat (Myotis nattereri)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Polecat (Mustela putorius)
Serotine (Eptesicus serotinus)
Musk Rat (Ondatra zibethicus)
55 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pygmaeus)
Badger (Meles meles)
Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Chinese Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
Daubenton's Bat (Myotis daubentonii)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Water Vole (Arvicola amphibius)
Yellow-necked Mouse (Apodemus flavicollis)
Common Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
House Mouse (Mus musculus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Nathusius' Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii)
Edible Dormouse (Glis glis)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)
Feral Ferret (Mustela putorius subsp. furo)

Birds in Bedfordshire

There are 298 species of birds recorded as found in Bedfordshire.

African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-crowned Parakeet (Aratinga acuticaudata)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
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)