Hobbister Nature Reserve in Orkney Islands

Hobbister is a nature reserve in Orkney Islands that is managed by RSPB.

Birds found in Hobbister

There have been 74 species of birds recorded in the Hobbister area.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

Mammals found in Hobbister

There have been 3 species of mammals recorded in the Hobbister area.

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)