Birds @Peartree

One hundred bird species have been recorded at Peartree Green, but our photo collection is quite small at present. We would welcome photos of any birds you have seen at the Green!

Birds of Prey

Buzzard Buteo buteo

Photos: Duncan Allan Roeves & Marco Potenziani

Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Photo: Jim Bluemel

White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla This is Britain's largest bird of prey, although the bird seen here is a juvenile. It's the 100th bird species recorded at Peartree Green Local Nature Reserve

Photo: Ian Watts (5th September 2025)

Pigeons and Doves

Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto

Photo: Ian Watts (14 July 2024)

Woodpigeon Columba palumbus

Photo: Geoff Frampton (2 February 2025)

Stock Dove Columba oenas One of a pair seen on 14th April 2024

Photo: Ian Watts

Songbirds

Dunnock Prunella modularis

Photo: Duncan Allan Roeves (3 December 2024)

Robin Erithacus rubecula

Photos: Geoff Frampton (2 February 2025)

Great Tit Parus major

Photo: Geoff Frampton (2 February 2025)

Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Photos: Marco Potenziani & Geoff Frampton

Linnet Linaria cannabina

Photos: Geoff Frampton (2 February 2025)

Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca

Photo: KH

Redstart (male) Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Photo: Ian Watts

Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus

Photo: Ian Watts (19 April 2020)

Song Thrush Turdus philomelos

Photo: Jim Bluemel

Tree pipit Anthus trivialis

Photo: Ian Watts

Whinchat (juvenile) Saxicola rubetra

Photo: Ian Watts

Whitethroat Sylvia communis

Photos: Nic Burns & Duncan Allan Roeves

Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus

Photo: Ian Watts

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Photo: Duncan Allan Roeves (3 December 2024)

Woodpeckers

Wryneck Jynx torquilla A very well camouflaged bird! The wryneck is an unusual member of the woodpecker family, formerly a common breeding species but now only occurs in Britain as a scarce passage migrant

Photo: Ian Watts