About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Stockness

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Stockness is home to 51 species of birds.

Loch of Stockness is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Stockness Map

Loch of Stockness Map

Birds found near Loch of Stockness

There have been 51 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Stockness.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)