Birds of Garway Hill

Garway Hill teems with bird life. Local naturalist John Pullen has recorded 70 different bird species in the area. 44 of these species use Garway Hill as a breeding ground.

The Hill is home to seven species on the Red List, meaning their populations are rapidly in decline or threatened : they are skylark, yellowhammer, linnet, song thrush, bullfinch, spotted flycatcher and starling. Other species include redstart, woodcock, green woodpecker, stock dove, meadow pipit, tree pipit, cuckoo, swift, swallow, house martin, dunnock, stonechat, mistle thush, willow warbler and goldcrest. There is a thriving group of Tawny Owls at White Rocks.

Add to this the soaring buzzards and the occasional red kite on a day-trip from mid-Wales and you begin to see what an ornithological paradise is Garway Hill. The ground-nesting species are at risk from the encroaching bracken which threatens to squeeze out the open grassland they require for breeding. It is one of the priorities of the environmental management plan to reduce the amount of bracken cover on the hill, which will promote better conditions for ground-nesting birds.

More information:

Birds
70 different bird species have been recorded on Garway Hill

Butterflies
Garway Hill is an excellent natural habitat for many species of butterflies

Reptiles and Amphibians
The Black Pool on Garway Hill is a breeding area for rare Great Crested Newts

Bullfinch

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