About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Messigate

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Messigate is home to 68 species of birds.

Loch of Messigate is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Messigate Map

Loch of Messigate Map

Birds found near Loch of Messigate

There have been 68 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Messigate.

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)