Cropston - Rothley

April 8, 2001

Rothley can be reached by steam train from Loughborough, as well as by bus 125 (once per hour departure from Loughborough at xx.38 on Sundays.)

Highlights

  1. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
  2. Mute Swan Cygnus olor
  3. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
  4. Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
  5. Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula: 2 females on Cropston ReservoirRe
  6. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus: 1 female in Cropston village, 1 male in Rothley.
  7. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
  8. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  9. Common Coot Fulica atra
  10. Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus: 4 ex at Cropston Reservoir
  11. Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
  12. Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
  13. Green Woodpecker Picus viridis: 1 calling near Rothley station.
  14. Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major: 1 calling near Cropston Reservoir.
  15. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica: 1 ex over Cropston Village.
  16. Sand Martin Riparia riparia: About 150 over Cropston Reservoir and a similar number over Swithland Reservoir.
  17. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava: 2 ex flying and calling towards Bradgate
  18. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea: 1 ex on parking place of Bradgate
  19. White / Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba: 1 ex visiting the Black Tern floats in Cropston Reservoir.
  20. Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
  21. Hedge Accentor Prunella modularis
  22. European Robin Erithacus rubecula
  23. Common Blackbird Turdus merula
  24. Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
  25. Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
  26. Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
  27. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
  28. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
  29. Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
  30. Blue Tit Parus caeruleus
  31. Great Tit Parus major
  32. Coal Tit Parus ater: 1 ex in Rothley near Temple
  33. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
  34. Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
  35. Rook Corvus frugilegus: there are rookeries in Rothley, in the old trees at various places around the Temple. At least 35 nests. This may be a recent development, the site is not mentioned in Birds of Charnwood from 1997.
  36. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
  37. House Sparrow Passer domesticus
  38. Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
  39. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
  40. Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
  41. European Greenfinch Carduelis chloris
  42. Common Linnet Carduelis cannabina: 2 ex at Cropston reservoir.
  43. Common Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Fer-Jan de Vries

Nomenclature follows Voous’s List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species (BOU 1977, revised edition). English names are as in BOU Checklist of Birds of Britain and Ireland (6th Edition, 1992)