About Wildlife around the lake area of Cortes Loch

The area within a five mile radius of Cortes Loch is home to 176 species of birds.

Cortes Loch is a woodland area in Aberdeenshire.

Cortes Loch Map

Cortes Loch Map

Birds found near Cortes Loch

There have been 176 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Cortes Loch.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crane (Grus grus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens subsp. caerulescens)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)