About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Watten

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Watten is home to 76 species of birds.

Loch of Watten is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Loch of Watten Map

Loch of Watten Map

Birds found near Loch of Watten

There have been 76 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Watten.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)