About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Ayre

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Ayre is home to 98 species of birds.

Loch of Ayre is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Ayre Map

Loch of Ayre Map

Birds found near Loch of Ayre

There have been 98 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Ayre.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)