About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Strathbeg

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Strathbeg is home to 277 species of birds.

Loch of Strathbeg is a woodland area in Aberdeenshire.

Loch of Strathbeg Map

Loch of Strathbeg Map

Birds found near Loch of Strathbeg

There have been 277 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Strathbeg.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
(Cyanistes caeruleus subsp. caeruleus)
(Larus argentatus subsp. argentatus)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Coal Tit (Periparus ater subsp. ater)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenish Warbler (Phylloscopus trochiloides)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Grey-Headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. thunbergi)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix subsp. cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lanner (Falco biarmicus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens subsp. caerulescens)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ross's Goose (Anser rossii)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stejneger's Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Ardea alba subsp. alba)
(Emberiza calandra subsp. calandra)
Alexandrine Parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Bonaparte's Gull (Chroicocephalus philadelphia)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crane (Grus grus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Honey Buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser White-Fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Warbler (Acrocephalus palustris)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Steppe Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis subsp. pallidirostris)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Upland Sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Billed Diver (Gavia adamsii)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
White-Winged Black Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)