About Wildlife around the lake area of Mussel Loch

The area within a five mile radius of Mussel Loch is home to 47 species of birds.

Mussel Loch is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

Mussel Loch Map

Mussel Loch Map

Birds found near Mussel Loch

There have been 47 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Mussel Loch.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)