About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch Gretchen
The area within a five mile radius of Loch Gretchen is home to 90 species of birds.
Loch Gretchen is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.
Loch Gretchen Map
Birds found near Loch Gretchen
There have been 90 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch Gretchen.
| Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) |
| Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) |
| Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Common Guillemot (Uria aalge) |
| Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) |
| Coot (Fulica atra) |
| Curlew (Numenius arquata) |
| Dunlin (Calidris alpina) |
| Eider (Somateria mollissima) |
| Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) |
| Gannet (Morus bassanus) |
| Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus) |
| Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) |
| Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) |
| Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) |
| House Martin (Delichon urbicum) |
| Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) |
| Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus) |
| Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) |
| Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) |
| Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) |
| Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) |
| Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba) |
| Pochard (Aythya ferina) |
| Raven (Corvus corax) |
| Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata) |
| Redshank (Tringa totanus) |
| Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) |
| Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) |
| Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) |
| Sanderling (Calidris alba) |
| Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) |
| Shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
| Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) |
| Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) |
| Swallow (Hirundo rustica) |
| Teal (Anas crecca) |
| Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) |
| Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) |
| Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) |
| Wigeon (Anas penelope) |
| Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) |
| Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) |
| Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
| Common Gull (Larus canus) |
| Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula) |
| Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
| Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis) |
| Dunnock (Prunella modularis) |
| Feral Pigeon (Columba livia) |
| Gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) |
| Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer) |
| Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus) |
| Greylag Goose (Anser anser) |
| Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix) |
| House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) |
| Knot (Calidris canutus) |
| Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret) |
| Linnet (Linaria cannabina) |
| Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| Merlin (Falco columbarius) |
| Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) |
| Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii) |
| Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) |
| Quail (Coturnix coturnix) |
| Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) |
| Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) |
| Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) |
| Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) |
| Ruff (Calidris pugnax) |
| Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) |
| Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| Skylark (Alauda arvensis) |
| Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos) |
| Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) |
| Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis) |
| Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| Twite (Linaria flavirostris) |
| Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |
| White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) |
| Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) |
| Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) |
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