About Wildlife around the lake area of Ancum Loch

The area within a five mile radius of Ancum Loch is home to 61 species of birds.

Ancum Loch is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Ancum Loch Map

Ancum Loch Map

Birds found near Ancum Loch

There have been 61 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Ancum Loch.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)