About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Swannay

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Swannay is home to 65 species of birds.

Loch of Swannay is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Swannay Map

Loch of Swannay Map

Birds found near Loch of Swannay

There have been 65 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Swannay.

Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)