Site Report: Cairngorms National Park, England

Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)






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Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)

White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
National Park
Visits
- 2019-09-29: Hiking around in the afternoon at Anagach Woods
- 2019-09-30: Hiking in the morning around Anagach Woods, and then off to Glenmoor.
- 2019-10-01: A couple of visits, first to the Nephy Bridge area, and then to the Insh Marshes. Had some lunch in Aviemore before heading north for my flight to the Orkney Islands.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (41 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(41 records)
Class: Birds
(39 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (4 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Order: Perching Birds
(26 records)
- Family: Accentors
- Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
- Scottish Crossbill (Loxia scotica)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- Family: Dippers
- White-throated Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Family: Kinglets
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Family: Wrens
- Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Grouse (Lagopus scotica)
- Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Cervidae
- Western Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)