About Wildlife around the lake area of Lairo Water

The area within a five mile radius of Lairo Water is home to 64 species of birds.

Lairo Water is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Lairo Water Map

Lairo Water Map

Birds found near Lairo Water

There have been 64 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Lairo Water.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)