Once used as cress-beds due to the upwelling of spring water, Fowlmere now contains reedswamp and patches of hawthorn scrub as well as w
...[[Reed Bunting]] while the ditches and open water have [[Little Grebe]], [[Water Rail]], [[Common Moorhen|Moorhen]] and [[Mallard]]. Scrub areas have breedi
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...well represented with [[Water Vole]], [[Common Shrew|Common]] and [[Pygmy Shrew]]. [[Roe Deer|Roe]] and [[Red Deer]], [[Hedgehog]], [[Wild Cat]], [[Arctic
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...[Common Buzzard]], [[Common Kestrel]], [[Merlin]], [[Peregrine Falcon]], [[Water Rail]], [[Eurasian Oystercatcher]], [[Northern Lapwing]], [[Common Snipe]],
[[Rabbit]] are abundant and occur alongside [[Common Shrew]] and [[Pygmy Shrew]], [[Wood Mouse]] and the [[Skomer Vole]], a distinct subspecies of the [[B
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...ere, [[Common Kingfisher]] is usually present all year as is the elusive [[Water Rail]]. [[Common Tern]] have been encouraged to nest on an artificial islan
...red Owl]] and [[Great Grey Shrike]] are now very unusual visitors here. [[Water Pipit]] is a regular winter attraction.
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[[Red Deer]], [[Badger]] and [[Otter]], [[Harvest Mouse]] and [[Water Shrew]] are among the mammals recorded on the reserve.
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...to year and between areas of the washland with some parts under 1metre of water and others remaining damp grassland as much of the area is during the summe
...[[Common Kestrel]], [[Merlin]], [[Peregrine Falcon]], [[Common Quail]], [[Water Rail]], [[Spotted Crake]], [[Common Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Eurasia
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In early winter, as the weather cools, rainfall increases, and water flow increases species such as the [[Pygmy Cormorant]] might make an appear
...t in mid-February the temperature gets warmer and with the wetlands having water, numbers there increase. But not ever reaching large counts.
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...Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Tree Pipit]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Rock Pipit]], [[Blue-headed Wagtail]], [[Yellow Wagtail]], [[Gre
...], [[European Rabbit]], [[Common Rat]], [[Eurasian Water Shrew]], [[Common Shrew]]
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...Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Tree Pipit]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Yellow Wagtail]], [[Common Wren]], [[Dunnock]], [[Eurasian Robin
...terrestris'', [[Harvest Mouse]] ''Micromys minutus'' and three species of shrew. [[Otter]] ''Lutra lutra'', introduced in the 1980s, are sometimes seen and
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...Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Yellow Wagtail|Spanish Yellow Wagtail]], [[White Wagtail]], [[Eu
...d-tailed and Iberian wall lizards, Montpellier Snake, Field Mice and Pygmy Shrew.
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...s of note: [[Western Marsh Harrier|Marsh Harrier]], [[Little Egret]] and [[Water Rail]].
...uzzard]], [[Common Kestrel]], [[Peregrine Falcon]], [[Common Pheasant]], [[Water Rail]], [[Common Moorhen]], [[Common Coot]], [[Eurasian Oystercatcher]], [[
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...er its sponsor), but this has proved to be somewhat problematical with the water draining away and the area overgrown with weeds (Sept 2010) - however in Fe
...Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Sand Martin]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Western Yellow Wagtail|Spanish Yellow Wagtail]], [[White Wagtai
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...rthern House Martin]], [[Tree Pipit]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Rock Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Yellow Wagtail]], [[Grey Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagtail]], [[White Wa
...wildlife, such as orchids, butterflies, dragonflies, [[Otter]] and [[Water Shrew]]. A Walk around the reserve in mid summer should produce numerous Clouded
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...Martin]], [[Barn Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], Spanish [[Yellow Wagtail]], [[White Wagtail]], [[Rufous-tailed Scr
...ian wall lizards, snakes including Montpellier Snake, Field Mice and Pygmy Shrew. Rabbits are to be found in some numbers, providing a good food source for
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...bout water levels: rains increase in summer but it takes some time for the water that has fallen in central Florida to reach this area, so the park will oft
[[Opossum]], [[Short-tailed shrew]], [[Least shrew]], [[Nine-banded armadillo]], [[Marsh rabbit]], [[Eastern cottontail]], [[G
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...ufted Duck]] and [[Common Pochard]] often winter on the Tresco pools and [[Water Rail]] are commonly seen.
...n]], [[Common Quail]], [[Golden Pheasant]], (rare), [[Common Pheasant]], [[Water Rail]], [[Spotted Crake]], [[Common Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Eurasia
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The reedbeds hold [[Little Grebe]], [[Water Rail]] and [[Bearded Tit]], [[Reed Bunting]] and warblers. There is a large
...Swallow]], [[Northern House Martin]], [[Tree Pipit]], [[Meadow Pipit]], [[Water Pipit]], [[Rock Pipit]], [[Yellow Wagtail]], [[Grey Wagtail]], [[Pied Wagta
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...ted to breed in recent years but now tend to prefer the more inland Castle Water.
...[[Great Bittern]] is regular in very small numbers, particularly at Castle Water. Apart from [[Canada Goose]] and the feral [[Greylag Goose]], geese are sca
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...by]], [[Red-legged Partridge]], [[Grey Partridge]], [[Common Pheasant]], [[Water Rail]], [[Common Moorhen]], [[Eurasian Coot]], [[Eurasian Oystercatcher]],
...paeus and [[Mole]] Talpa talpa, [[Common Shrew]] Sorex araneus and [[Pygmy Shrew]] Sorex minutus, [[Pipistrelle Bat]] Pipistrellus pipistrellus, [[Brown Har
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