About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Kirbister

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Kirbister is home to 59 species of birds.

Loch of Kirbister is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Kirbister Map

Loch of Kirbister Map

Birds found near Loch of Kirbister

There have been 59 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Kirbister.

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)