About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Nighe

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Nighe is home to 493 species of birds.

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

Loch Nighe Map

Loch Nighe Map

About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Nighe

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Nighe is home to 493 species of birds.

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

Loch Nighe Map

Loch Nighe Map

About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Nighe

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Nighe is home to 493 species of birds.

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

Loch Nighe Map

Loch Nighe Map

About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Nighe

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Nighe is home to 493 species of birds.

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

Loch Nighe Map

Loch Nighe Map

Birds found near Loch Nighe

There have been 493 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Nighe.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
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)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
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)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
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)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
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)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
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)
(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
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)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
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)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
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)
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)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
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)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)