Sumburgh Head Nature Reserve in Shetland Islands

Sumburgh Head is a nature reserve in Shetland Islands that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Sumburgh Head

There have been 84 species of birds recorded in the Sumburgh Head area.

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Coues' Redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni subsp. exilipes)
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)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

Mammals found in Sumburgh Head

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Sumburgh Head area.

Otter (Lutra lutra)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)