This is a list of the birds that can be regularly seen in or around Mercer Wood. Some are there all year round, others only visit at certain times of the year (summer or winter).
Most of the birds in this list have been seen or heard calling at Mercer Wood on many occasions.
Other species have been known to drop by on occasion, and they are represented here in italics.
Click here for a list of other birds regularly seen in the wider Gainsborough area.
- Barn Owl
- Blackbird
- Blackcap
- Black-headed Gull
- Blue Tit
- Bullfinch
- Buzzard
- Canada Goose
- Carrion Crow
- Chaffinch
- Chiffchaff
- Coal Tit
- Collared Dove
- Common Gull
- Cormorant
- Cuckoo
- Dunnock
- Fieldfare
- Garden Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Goldfinch
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Great-spotted Woodpecker
- Great Tit
- Greenfinch
- Grey Heron
- Grey Partridge
- Grey Wagtail
- Herring Gull
- House Martin
- House Sparrow
- Jackdaw
- Kestrel
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Whitethroat
- Linnet
- Little Owl
- Long-tailed Tit
- Magpie
- Mallard
- Merlin
- Mistle Thrush
- Moorhen
- Oystercatcher
- Peregrine Falcon
- Pheasant
- Pied Wagtail
- Red Kite
- Redwing
- Reed Bunting
- Robin
- Rook
- Sand Martin
- Sedge Warbler
- Song Thrush
- Sparrowhawk
- Starling
- Stock Dove
- Swallow
- Swift
- Tawny Owl
- Treecreeper
- Whitethroat
- Willow Warbler
- Woodpigeon
- Wren