About Wildlife around the woodland area of Dunwich Common

The area within a five mile radius of Dunwich Common is home to 41 species of mammals and 353 species of birds.

Dunwich Common is a 8.95 hectare, woodland area in Suffolk, managed by National Trust.

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Dunwich Common Map

Dunwich Common Map

Mammals found near Dunwich Common

There have been 41 species of mammals recorded within a five mile radius of Dunwich Common.

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

Birds found near Dunwich Common

There have been 353 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Dunwich Common.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
(Larus argentatus subsp. argentatus)
African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii)
Baikal Teal (Anas formosa)
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bee-Eater (Merops apiaster)
Black Brant (Branta bernicla subsp. nigricans)
Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Blue-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flava)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Canary (Serinus canaria)
Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow (Corvus corone agg.)
Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chestnut Teal (Anas castanea)
Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)
Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Coues' Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni subsp. exilipes)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
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 Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Great Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Northern Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus subsp. caudatus)
Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Parrot Crossbill (Loxia pytyopsittacus)
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Red-billed Duck (Anas erythrorhyncha)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scandinavian Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus subsp. littoralis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Serin (Serinus serinus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Southern Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo subsp. sinensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Ardea alba subsp. alba)
(Larus michahellis subsp. michahellis)
Alpine Swift (Apus melba)
Arctic Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus subsp. bewickii)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Blue-crowned Parakeet (Aratinga acuticaudata)
Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Coal Tit (Periparus ater subsp. ater)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
Eastern Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos subsp. hafizi)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Falcated Teal (Anas falcata)
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 Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Gull-Billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Helmeted Guinea-Fowl (Numida meleagris)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix subsp. cornix)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. glaucoides)
Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)
Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
Monk Vulture (Aegypius monachus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nanday Parakeet (Nandayus nenday)
Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
Northern Eider (Somateria mollissima subsp. borealis)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pallas's Warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Red-Throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
Saker (Falco cherrug)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
Scarlet Rosefinch (Erythrina erythrina)
Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Silver Teal (Anas versicolor)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
Speckled/Chilean Teal (Anas flavirostris)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula subsp. tundrae)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
White-cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
White-spotted Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica subsp. cyanecula)
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-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)