About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Housetter

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

Loch of Housetter is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Housetter Map

Loch of Housetter Map

Birds found near Loch of Housetter

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

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)