About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Wasdale

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Wasdale is home to 137 species of birds.

Loch of Wasdale is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Wasdale Map

Loch of Wasdale Map

Birds found near Loch of Wasdale

There have been 137 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Wasdale.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Pyrrhula pyrrhula subsp. pyrrhula)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)