About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Kirkigarth

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Kirkigarth is home to 56 species of birds.

Loch of Kirkigarth is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Kirkigarth Map

Loch of Kirkigarth Map

Birds found near Loch of Kirkigarth

There have been 56 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Kirkigarth.

Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Common Chiffchaff (tristis) (Phylloscopus collybita subsp. tristis)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)