We're gathering lists of what wildlife people can spot across Peterborough and at different attractions. We'll add more as time goes on! You can also purchase wildlife guides on Peterborough gift shop - click here to see the list.
- 63 species of water beetle (shallow pools)
- Damselflies and dragonflies
Birds:
- Kingfisher
- Snipe
- Shoveler
- Teal
- Bittern
- Marsh harrier
- Sparrowhawk
- Tawny owl
- Kestrel
- Woodpecker
- Long tailed tit
- Greenfinch
- Swans, migratory geese and other waterfowl
Birds:
- Blackbirds
- Robins
- Gold finches
- Blue tits
- Great tits
- Long tailed tits
- Chaffinch
- Mistle and song thrushes
- Nuthatch
- Red start
- Tree creeper
- Tield fares
- Crows
- Pheasants
Birds of prey:
- Common buzzards
- Marsh harriers
- Red kites
- Nesting barn owls
- Kestrels
- Herons
- Kingfishers (but you'd be very lucky to see one as they are very elusive)
- Greater spotted and green woodpeckers.
Waterfowl:
- Mallards
- Swans
- Coots
- Great crested grebe
More specialised birds to the habitat include
- Reed buntings
- Reed warblers
Other wildlife:
- Water voles (a red listed species)
- Rabbits
- Foxes
- Weasel
- Bronze-age breed Soay Sheep have the run of the site.
Bird hides in Ferry Meadows overlooking Ham Mere
Sand martins – at the sand martin box at Lynch Lake in Ferry Meadows. From March to October you can see them swoop overhead.
Wintering birds at viewing platforms overlooking Heron Meadow and Goldie Meadow
- Snipe
- Egret
- Wigeon
- Gadwall
- Shoveler.
- Nest cam and feeder cam at the Visitor Centre
- Frogs
- Newts
- Water Beetles
- Tawny Owl,
- Sparrow Hawk
- Great Spotted, Green, and Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers
- Treecreepers
- Nuthatch
- There is also a rookery in the centre of the wood
- Marbled white butterfly
- Spotted flycatcher
- Great crested and smooth newts
- Damselflies and dragonflies
- Butterflies
- Snipe
- Redshank
- Sandpipers
- Peregrine
- Beetles
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