Here at Willowfield we manage the property to encourage wildlife and are so pleased at all the different species of wild birds we have seen here, 62 at the latest count! We hope our guests are able to see lots of them during their visit. This year, 2025, we are thrilled to have added another new bird to the list, the Sedge Warbler 🙂 And the following is a list to help identification 🙂
SEDGE WARBLER
Another new bird to add at Willowfield; the Sedge Warbler. It wasn’t seen but was identified, via the Merlin App, as being in the hedge (should be called a Hedge Warbler lol) on 11th April 2025! It’s another wee LBJ (Little Brown Job) and is a summer visitor here, flying all the way from Africa! So happy 🙂
These are all the birds we have spotted at Willowfield so far . . . . .
AT THE BIRD TABLE
Blue Tit 
Great Tit 
Coal Tit 
Chaffinch 
Robin 
House Sparrow 
Tree Sparrow 
Goldfinch 
Greenfinch 
Great Spotted Woodpecker 
Lesser Redpoll 
Siskin 
Long-tailed Tit 
Pied Wagtail 
Collared Dove 
Starling 
Dunnock
IN THE FIELD
Fieldfare 
Magpie 
Raven 
Woodpigeon 
Rook 
Jackdaw 
Jay 
Lapwing 
Meadow Pipit 
Mistle Thrush 
Woodcock 
Song Thrush 
Snipe 
Redwing 
Pheasant 
Hooded Crow
IN THE HEDGE
Chiffchaff 
Goldcrest 
Treecreeper 
Wren 
Linnet 
Bullfinch 
Spotted Flycatcher 
Blackbird 
Reed Bunting 
Willow Warbler 
Blackcap 
Sedge Warbler
AT THE RIVER
Coot 
Teal 
Mallard 
Moorhen 
Mute Swan 
Grey Heron 
Cormorant 
Dipper 
Grey Wagtail 
Kingfisher 
Little Egret
IN THE AIR
Kestrel 
Buzzard 
Sparrowhawk 
House Martin 
Swallow 
Swift
 . . . . 62 species so far, and still counting . . . . . . . .