About Wildlife around the lake area of East Loch of Skaw

The area within a five mile radius of East Loch of Skaw is home to 77 species of birds.

East Loch of Skaw is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

East Loch of Skaw Map

East Loch of Skaw Map

Birds found near East Loch of Skaw

There have been 77 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of East Loch of Skaw.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lapland Bunting (Calcarius lapponicus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)