About Wildlife around the lake area of Muckle Water

The area within a five mile radius of Muckle Water is home to 45 species of birds.

Muckle Water is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Muckle Water Map

Muckle Water Map

About Wildlife around the lake area of Muckle Water

The area within a five mile radius of Muckle Water is home to 45 species of birds.

Muckle Water is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Muckle Water Map

Muckle Water Map

Birds found near Muckle Water

There have been 45 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Muckle Water.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)