Eurasian teal
In 1951, at the time of designation of the SSSI, the pool was considered valuable for wintering birds and migrating wildfowl such as Eurasian coot ("Fulica atra"), Eurasian teal ("Anas crecca") and Eurasian wigeon ("A penelope"). Since the opening of the Siblyback and Colliford reservoirs on Bodmin Moor, its relative importance has declined. Breeding birds around the pool include Eurasian curlew ("Numenius arquata"), dunlin ("Calidris alpina"), northern lapwing ("Vanellus vanellus"), common snipe ("Gallinago gallinago") and European stonechat ("Saxicola torquate").