About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Mhurchaidh

The area within a five mile radius of Loch Mhurchaidh is home to 91 species of birds.

Loch Mhurchaidh is a woodland area in Na h-Eileanan Siar.

Loch Mhurchaidh Map

Loch Mhurchaidh Map

Birds found near Loch Mhurchaidh

There have been 91 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Mhurchaidh.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)