About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Tankerness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Tankerness is home to 91 species of birds.

Loch of Tankerness is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Tankerness Map

Loch of Tankerness Map

Birds found near Loch of Tankerness

There have been 91 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Tankerness.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)