North Hill Nature Reserve in Orkney Islands

North Hill is a nature reserve in Orkney Islands that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in North Hill

There have been 97 species of birds recorded in the North Hill area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)

Mammals found in North Hill

There have been 1 species of mammals recorded in the North Hill area.

Otter (Lutra lutra)