About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Arg

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Arg is home to 69 species of birds.

Loch of Arg is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Arg Map

Loch of Arg Map

Birds found near Loch of Arg

There have been 69 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Arg.

American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)