Wanborough dot Info

Herons, Wildfowl

This is a colour coded guide to how easy it is to see these birds in and around Wanborough. Please note that many of our birds migrate and can only be seen either in the spring/summer or the autumn/winter. This means there will be something to find all year round. If you need help identifying a bird and can't find it here, then try the "Identify a bird" section on the RSPB website.

Click on the images below to see more pictures of our local bird population.

Easy to see around the village, good for new bird spotters to identify

Frequent visitor fairly easy to find around the village and surrounds

More difficult to spot, rare to find in the village, you will have to go looking for these

A rare find, keep your eyes open, you never know you might be lucky.

Herons
Photo	Name	Spotted in Wanborough or around	Comments
No photographs yet	Grey Heron		Often seen performing an aerial drop into your back garden, to poach the fish out of the garden pond! Has been seen around the village
No photographs yet	Little Egret		Individuals have been seen in the watery gullies of outlying fields hunting for amphibians.

Wildfowl
Photo	Name	Spotted in Wanborough or around	Comments
No photographs yet	Mute Swan		Like most wildfowl will be heard overheard as they move to either Coate Water or lakes to the north
No photographs yet	White-fronted Goose		Will be heard overheard as they move to either Coate Water or lakes to the north but more often at dusk or later and usually in winter
	Canada Goose		Occasionally seen feeding in the fields around the parish these will be heard overheard as they move to either Coate Water or lakes to the north. They nest at PGL and Coate Water is full of them.
	Mallard (Duck)		These are often found next at PGL and Coate Water is full of these too, though look out for cross breeds with other duck species.
	Tufted Duck		Easy to spot on Coate Water and other bodies of water, the tuft on the back of the head and Blue beak gives it away! These are also nesting at PGL