About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Scolpaig

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Scolpaig is home to 152 species of birds.

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

Loch Scolpaig Map

Loch Scolpaig Map

Birds found near Loch Scolpaig

There have been 152 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Scolpaig.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
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)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
American Coot (Fulica americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
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)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
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)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)