About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Ustaness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Ustaness is home to 29 species of birds.

Loch of Ustaness is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Ustaness Map

Loch of Ustaness Map

Birds found near Loch of Ustaness

There have been 29 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Ustaness.

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)