About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Houram

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Houram is home to 121 species of birds.

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

Loch Houram Map

Loch Houram Map

Birds found near Loch Houram

There have been 121 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Houram.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)