faunal species recorded are: the wild boar, roe deer, hen harrier, black grouse, wood mouse, grasshopper warbler, northern shrike, great grey shrike, meadow pipit, stonechat and wheatear. the black grouse, a protected species, is found in small numbers. it is a sedentary bird. the male species has black plumage with a red wattle above the eyes while the female species has a brown plumage with black, grey and white stripes and possesses a light forked tail. vertebrates, spiders and insects reported in the reserve are: orvet ("anguis fragilis"), "odonata orthoptera", "heteroptera lepidoptera", diptera, crustaceans, myriapods and shellfish.