About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Mey

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Mey is home to 93 species of birds.

Loch of Mey is a woodland area in Highland.

Loch of Mey Map

Loch of Mey Map

Birds found near Loch of Mey

There have been 93 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Mey.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
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)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rose-Coloured Starling (Pastor roseus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)