About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Gards

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Gards is home to 110 species of birds.

Loch of Gards is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Gards Map

Loch of Gards Map

Birds found near Loch of Gards

There have been 110 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Gards.

American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)