there is a variety of wildlife seen at the reserve. in winter 2007 the local "fylde bird club" organised a christmas bird hunt around the fylde and recorded the following birds at kincraig lake – grey heron, mallard, mute swan, canada geese, shoveller, teal, mallard, coot, moorhen, sparrowhawk, little grebe, starling, magpie, long-tailed tit, snipe, grey wagtail, greylag geese, black-headed gull, goldcrest, blue tit, gadwall, tufted duck, great crested grebe and great spotted woodpecker.