The Oa Nature Reserve in Argyll

The Oa is a nature reserve in Argyll that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in The Oa

There have been 76 species of birds recorded in the The Oa area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in The Oa

There have been 1 species of mammals recorded in the The Oa area.

Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)