Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve in Argyll

Loch Gruinart is a nature reserve in Argyll that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Loch Gruinart

There have been 122 species of birds recorded in the Loch Gruinart area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Loch Gruinart

There have been 2 species of mammals recorded in the Loch Gruinart area.

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)