About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Merkland

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Merkland is home to 59 species of birds.

Loch Merkland is a woodland area in Highland.

Loch Merkland Map

Loch Merkland Map

Birds found near Loch Merkland

There have been 59 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Merkland.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)