About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Assater

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Assater is home to 38 species of birds.

Loch of Assater is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Assater Map

Loch of Assater Map

Birds found near Loch of Assater

There have been 38 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Assater.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)