About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Freester

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Freester is home to 40 species of birds.

Loch of Freester is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Freester Map

Loch of Freester Map

Birds found near Loch of Freester

There have been 40 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Freester.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)