About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of the Ward

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of the Ward is home to 36 species of birds.

Loch of the Ward is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of the Ward Map

Loch of the Ward Map

Birds found near Loch of the Ward

There have been 36 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of the Ward.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)