About Wildlife around the lake area of The Shun

The area within a five mile radius of The Shun is home to 36 species of birds.

The Shun is a woodland area in Shetland Islands.

The Shun Map

The Shun Map

Birds found near The Shun

There have been 36 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of The Shun.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)