About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Carran

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Carran is home to 110 species of birds.

Loch Carran is a woodland area in Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Loch Carran Map

Loch Carran Map

Birds found near Loch Carran

There have been 110 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Carran.

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
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)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)