Dunnet Head Nature Reserve in Highland

Dunnet Head is a nature reserve in Highland that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Dunnet Head

There have been 62 species of birds recorded in the Dunnet Head area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Dunnet Head

There have been 8 species of mammals recorded in the Dunnet Head area.

Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
Common Rorqual (Balaenoptera physalus)
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Common Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Field Vole (Microtus agrestis)
Lesser Rorqual (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)