Hope Springs is set in the grounds of an old school, with its own lake,
mature trees and gardens. Surrounded by rich Cotswold countryside, as you can
probably imagine, Hope Springs has lots of wildlife!
Photos - Birds
Photos
Birds
Here are some of the birds you can see in and around Hope Springs:
- Great-crested Grebe (old gravel pits in the village)
- Dabchick (old gravel pits in the village, and a couple of times on the HS
lake)
- Cormorant (flying over from reservoir)
- Grey Heron
- Mute Swan
- Greylag Goose (resident, tame - see pics)
- Canada Goose (old gravel pits in the village)
- Mallard
- Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Sparrowhawk
- Buzzard
- Kestrel
- Peregrine (once in 2003, flew over)
- Red-legged Partridge
- Pheasant
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Little Ringed Plover (old gravel pits in the village)
- Golden Plover (local fields, winter)
- Lapwing
- Curlew (up the hill, and flying over)
- Common Sandpiper (occasional)
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Gull
- Herring Gull
- Great Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Common Tern (passage)
- Woodpigeon
- Stock Dove
- Collared Dove
- Turtle Dove
- Cuckoo
- Barn Owl
- Tawny Owl
- Little Owl
- Swift
- Kingfisher
- Green Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Skylark
- Sand Martin (nest at the old gravel pits in the village)
- Swallow
- House Martin
- Meadow Pipit
- Pied WagtailGrey Wagtail
- Yellow Wagtail
- Wren
- Dunnock
- Robin
- Redstart
- Northern Wheatear (passage)
- Blackbird
- Ring Ouzel (pasage)
- Fieldfare
- Redwing
- Song Thrush
- Mistle Thrush
- Sedge Warbler
- Reed Warbler
- Garden Warbler
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Whitethroat
- Blackcap
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Goldcrest
- Pied Flycatcher (passage)
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Willow Tit
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Coal Tit
- Long-tailed Tit
- Nuthatch
- Treecreeper
- Starling
- Jay
- Magpie
- Jackdaw
- Carrion Crow
- Rook
- House Sparrow
- Chaffinch
- Brambling
- Siskin (occasional)
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Bullfinch
- Lesser Redpoll
- Linnet
- Yellowhammer
- Reed Bunting
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