About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Papil

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Papil is home to 46 species of birds.

Loch of Papil is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Papil Map

Loch of Papil Map

Birds found near Loch of Papil

There have been 46 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Papil.

American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)