About Wildlife around the woodland area of Bushielaw

The area within a five mile radius of Bushielaw is home to 12 species of mammals and 92 species of birds.

Bushielaw is a 41.41 hectare, privately owned woodland area in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Bushielaw Map

Bushielaw Map

Mammals found near Bushielaw

There have been 12 species of mammals recorded within a five mile radius of Bushielaw.

Badger (Meles meles)
Feral Goat (Capra hircus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)
Mountain Hare (Lepus timidus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Weasel (Mustela nivalis)

Birds found near Bushielaw

There have been 92 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Bushielaw.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
grugiar goch (Lagopus lagopus subsp. scotica)