About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Isbister

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Isbister is home to 111 species of birds.

Loch of Isbister is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Isbister Map

Loch of Isbister Map

Birds found near Loch of Isbister

There have been 111 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Isbister.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
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)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)