About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Wasbister

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Wasbister is home to 43 species of birds.

Loch of Wasbister is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Wasbister Map

Loch of Wasbister Map

Birds found near Loch of Wasbister

There have been 43 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Wasbister.

Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)