About Wildlife around the lake area of North Loch

The area within a five mile radius of North Loch is home to 112 species of birds.

North Loch is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

North Loch Map

North Loch Map

Birds found near North Loch

There have been 112 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of North Loch.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)