About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Carness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Carness is home to 62 species of birds.

Loch of Carness is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Carness Map

Loch of Carness Map

Birds found near Loch of Carness

There have been 62 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Carness.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)