About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Hillwell

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Hillwell is home to 68 species of birds.

Loch of Hillwell is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Hillwell Map

Loch of Hillwell Map

Birds found near Loch of Hillwell

There have been 68 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Hillwell.

American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)