 Breeding birds include moorhen ("Gallinula chloropus"), coot ("Fulica atra"), mallard ("Anas platyrhynchos"), reed bunting ("Emberiza schoeniclus") and sedge warbler ("Acrocephalus schoenobaenus").Priddy Pools is an important research site.Detailed study of the algae in the northern pool was carried out in the late 1960s and early 1970s, as part of the International Biological Programme.