About Wildlife around the lake area of Sandy Loch

The area within a five mile radius of Sandy Loch is home to 60 species of birds.

Sandy Loch is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Sandy Loch Map

Sandy Loch Map

Birds found near Sandy Loch

There have been 60 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Sandy Loch.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)