About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Quoy

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Quoy is home to 44 species of birds.

Loch of Quoy is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Quoy Map

Loch of Quoy Map

Birds found near Loch of Quoy

There have been 44 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Quoy.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)