Birds Over 90 bird species have been recorded at Askham Bog, attracting both winter and summer visitors. Despite the proximity of potential sources of human disturbance, the bog provides suitable refuge for wildlife within a relatively unfavourable agricultural landscape and offers a rich supply of fruit and seed supply in winter and invertebrates in summer. Known resident species include marsh tit, willow tit, treecreeper, kingfisher, goldcrest, bullfinch, tawny owl, buzzard, sparrowhawk and sometimes green woodpecker Winter visitors include fieldfare, redwing, brambling, siskin, lesser redpoll, goldfinch, snipe, jack snipe, woodcock, coot and sometimes grasshopper warbler. All migrant warblers have been found at the bog in spring and summer, with the reed beds in the northeast part in Near Wood comprising an important colony for reed warblers.
Birds Over 90 bird species have been recorded at Askham Bog, attracting both winter and summer visitors. Despite the proximity of potential sources of human disturbance the bog provides suitable refuge for wildlife within a relatively unfavourable agricultural landscape and offers a rich supply of fruit and seed supply in winter and invertebrates in summer. Known resident species include marsh tit, willow tit, treecreeper, kingfisher, goldcrest, bullfinch, tawny owl, buzzard, sparrowhawk and sometimes green woodpecker Winter visitors include fieldfare, redwing, brambling, siskin, lesser redpoll, goldfinch, snipe, jack snipe, woodcock, coot and sometimes grasshopper warbler. All migrant warblers have been found at the bog in spring and summer, with the reed beds in the northeast part in Near Wood comprising an important colony for reed warblers.