About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch nan Athan

The area within a five mile radius of Loch nan Athan is home to 177 species of birds.

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

Loch nan Athan Map

Loch nan Athan Map

Birds found near Loch nan Athan

There have been 177 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch nan Athan.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Broad-Billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
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-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi)
Ring-Necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White-Rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Ivory Gull (Pagophila eburnea)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Kumlien's Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides subsp. kumlieni)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring-Billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)
Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)