About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Aith

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Aith is home to 40 species of birds.

Loch of Aith is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Aith Map

Loch of Aith Map

Birds found near Loch of Aith

There have been 40 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Aith.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)