About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Riv

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Riv is home to 35 species of birds.

Loch of Riv is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Riv Map

Loch of Riv Map

Birds found near Loch of Riv

There have been 35 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Riv.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)