About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Lythe

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Lythe is home to 39 species of birds.

Loch of Lythe is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Lythe Map

Loch of Lythe Map

Birds found near Loch of Lythe

There have been 39 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Lythe.

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)