Overview
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Birds
Notable Species
Rarities
Tundra Bean Goose, Taiga Bean Goose, Snow Goose, Cackling Goose, American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, King Eider, Black Scoter, Surf Scoter, Western Cattle Egret, Rough-legged Buzzard, Spotted Crake, Common Crane, Kentish Plover, Eurasian Dotterel, American Golden Plover, Temminck's Stint, White-rumped Sandpiper, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Great Snipe, Grey Phalarope, Sabine's Gull, Yellow-legged Gull, Black Guillemot, Chimney Swift, European Roller, Eurasian Hoopoe, Eurasian Wryneck, Siberian Accentor, Rufous Nightingale, Thrush Nightingale, Bluethroat, Red-flanked Bluetail, Eastern Black Redstart, Isabelline Wheatear, Desert Wheatear, White's Thrush, Black-throated Thrush, Marsh Warbler, Icterine Warbler, Barred Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Yellow-browed Warbler, Hume's Leaf Warbler, Radde's Warbler, Dusky Warbler, Common Firecrest, Red-breasted Flycatcher, Bearded Reedling, Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Great Grey Shrike, Hooded Crow, Mealy Redpoll, Scarlet Rosefinch, Hawfinch, Ortolan Bunting, Rustic Bunting, Little Bunting.
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Birds you can see here include:
Mute Swan, Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Goose, Greylag Goose, Barnacle Goose, Brent Goose, Shelduck, Wigeon, Common Teal, Mallard, Northern Pintail, Garganey, Northern Shoveler, Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Common Eider, Long-tailed Duck, Common Scoter, Velvet Scoter, Common Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser, Goosander, Grey Partridge, Red-throated Diver, Black-throated Diver, Great Northern Diver, Little Grebe, Red-necked Grebe, Slavonian Grebe, Northern Fulmar, Sooty Shearwater, Manx Shearwater, Northern Gannet, Great Cormorant, Shag, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Hen Harrier, Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, Osprey, Common Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine Falcon, Water Rail, Common Moorhen, Eurasian Coot, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Pied Avocet, Common Ringed Plover, European Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Northern Lapwing, Red Knot, Sanderling, Little Stint, Pectoral Sandpiper, Curlew Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Woodcock, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Whimbrel, Eurasian Curlew, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Green Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Great Skua, Mediterranean Gull, Little Gull, Black-headed Gull, Common Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Iceland Gull, Glaucous Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Kittiwake, Sandwich Tern, Roseate Tern, Common Tern, Arctic Tern, Little Tern, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, Little Auk, Puffin, Rock Dove, Stock Dove, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Common Cuckoo, Barn Owl, Little Owl, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Common Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sky Lark, Shore Lark, Sand Martin, Barn Swallow, House Martin, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Waxwing, Eurasian Wren, Dunnock, Robin, Black Redstart, Common Redstart, Whinchat, European Stonechat, Northern Wheatear, Ring Ouzel, Blackbird, Fieldfare, Song Thrush, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Grasshopper Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat, Common Whitethroat, Garden Warbler, Blackcap, Common Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Long-tailed Tit, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Treecreeper, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Carrion Crow, Common Starling, House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Brambling, European Greenfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Siskin, Common Linnet, Twite, Lesser Redpoll, Common Bullfinch, Lapland Bunting, Snow Bunting, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting
Other Wildlife
Grey Seals are common on the mudflats, and can be heard singing at most times of the year. The first Northumbrian record of Harp Seal was found here on 10-12 September 1995. White-beaked Dolphins are often seen offshore, and Minke Whales occasionally so.
Flora
The Lindisfarne Helleborine Epipactis sancta is endemic in the Holy Island dune systems. Several other rare orchids also occur on Holy Island.
Site Information
History and Use
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Areas of Interest
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Access and Facilities
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Contact Details
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Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Holy Island and Lindisfarne NNR. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Holy_Island_and_Lindisfarne_NNR
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