About Wildlife around the lake area of Loch of Urafirth

The area within a five mile radius of Loch of Urafirth is home to 48 species of birds.

Loch of Urafirth is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Loch of Urafirth Map

Loch of Urafirth Map

Birds found near Loch of Urafirth

There have been 48 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Loch of Urafirth.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)