About Wildlife around the lake area of West Loch

The area within a five mile radius of West Loch is home to 34 species of birds.

West Loch is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

West Loch Map

West Loch Map

About Wildlife around the lake area of West Loch

The area within a five mile radius of West Loch is home to 34 species of birds.

West Loch is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

West Loch Map

West Loch Map

Birds found near West Loch

There have been 34 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of West Loch.

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)