About Wildlife around the lake area of Meikle Water

The area within a five mile radius of Meikle Water is home to 75 species of birds.

Meikle Water is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Meikle Water Map

Meikle Water Map

Birds found near Meikle Water

There have been 75 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Meikle Water.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)