Balranald Nature Reserve in Na h-Eileanan Siar

Balranald is a nature reserve in Na h-Eileanan Siar that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Balranald

There have been 118 species of birds recorded in the Balranald area.

American Coot (Fulica americana)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Balranald

There have been 4 species of mammals recorded in the Balranald area.

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)