Handa Island Nature Reserve in Highland
Handa Island is a nature reserve in Highland that is managed by Scottish Wildlife Trust.
Birds found in Handa Island
There have been 117 species of birds recorded in the Handa Island area.
| (Turdus iliacus subsp. coburni) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) |
| Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Coal Tit (Periparus ater) |
| Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) |
| Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) |
| Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Corncrake (Crex crex) |
| Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Eider (Somateria mollissima) |
| Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) |
| Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) |
| Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) |
| Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia) |
| Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) |
| Great Tit (Parus major) |
| Greenfinch (Chloris chloris) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) |
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) |
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) |
| Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) |
| Raven (Corvus corax) |
| Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus) |
| Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Rook (Corvus frugilegus) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Siskin (Spinus spinus) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Twite (Linaria flavirostris) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba) |
| Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) |
| Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) |
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Common Swift (Apus apus) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| Gannet (Morus bassanus) |
| Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) |
| Goosander (Mergus merganser) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) |
| Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) |
| Knot (Calidris canutus) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Little Stint (Calidris minuta) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) |
| Puffin (Fratercula arctica) |
| Razorbill (Alca torda) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) |
| Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) |
| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) |
| Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) |
| Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus) |
| Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) |
| White-Billed Diver (Gavia adamsii) |
| Wigeon (Anas penelope) |
| Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
Mammals found in Handa Island
There have been 14 species of mammals recorded in the Handa Island area.
| 45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Bottle-nosed Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) |
| Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) |
| Common Seal (Phoca vitulina) |
| House Mouse (Mus musculus) |
| Otter (Lutra lutra) |
| Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus) |
| Bottle-Nosed Whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) |
| Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) |
| Common Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) |
| Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) |
| Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) |
| Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) |
| Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) |
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