About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Stenness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Stenness is home to 72 species of birds.

Loch of Stenness is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Stenness Map

Loch of Stenness Map

Birds found near Loch of Stenness

There have been 72 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Stenness.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)