Culbin Sands Nature Reserve in Highland

Culbin Sands is a nature reserve in Highland that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Culbin Sands

There have been 66 species of birds recorded in the Culbin Sands area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)

Mammals found in Culbin Sands

There have been 12 species of mammals recorded in the Culbin Sands area.

Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
Common Shrew (Sorex araneus)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Mole (Talpa europaea)
Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)