About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Swartmill

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Swartmill is home to 34 species of birds.

Loch of Swartmill is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Swartmill Map

Loch of Swartmill Map

Birds found near Loch of Swartmill

There have been 34 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Swartmill.

Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)