About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Burness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Burness is home to 60 species of birds.

Loch of Burness is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Burness Map

Loch of Burness Map

Birds found near Loch of Burness

There have been 60 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Burness.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)