About Wildlife around the lake area of Westayre Loch

The area within a five mile radius of Westayre Loch is home to 52 species of birds.

Westayre Loch is a woodland area in Orkney Islands.

Westayre Loch Map

Westayre Loch Map

Birds found near Westayre Loch

There have been 52 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Westayre Loch.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)