About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Bottoms

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Bottoms is home to 37 species of birds.

Loch of Bottoms is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Bottoms Map

Loch of Bottoms Map

Birds found near Loch of Bottoms

There have been 37 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Bottoms.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)