About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Gretchen

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Gretchen is home to 90 species of birds.

Loch Gretchen is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch Gretchen Map

Loch Gretchen Map

Birds found near Loch Gretchen

There have been 90 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Gretchen.

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)