About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of the Stack

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of the Stack is home to 42 species of birds.

Loch of the Stack is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of the Stack Map

Loch of the Stack Map

Birds found near Loch of the Stack

There have been 42 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of the Stack.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)