About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Garso

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Garso is home to 59 species of birds.

Loch of Garso is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Garso Map

Loch of Garso Map

Birds found near Loch of Garso

There have been 59 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Garso.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
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)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
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)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
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)
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)