About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch an Eilean

The area within a five mile radius of Loch an Eilean is home to 80 species of birds.

Loch an Eilean is a woodland area in Highland.

Loch an Eilean Map

Loch an Eilean Map

Birds found near Loch an Eilean

There have been 80 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch an Eilean.

Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)