About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Harray

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Harray is home to 89 species of birds.

Loch of Harray is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Harray Map

Loch of Harray Map

Birds found near Loch of Harray

There have been 89 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Harray.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)