About Wildlife around the woodland area of Binscarth Woods

The area within a five mile radius of Binscarth Woods is home to 15 species of mammals and 186 species of birds.

Binscarth Woods is a 4.22 hectare, privately owned woodland area in Orkney Islands.

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Binscarth Woods Map

Binscarth Woods Map

Mammals found near Binscarth Woods

There have been 15 species of mammals recorded within a five mile radius of Binscarth Woods.

45 Khz Pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus)
Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Common Vole (Microtus arvalis)
Field Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus)
Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Otter (Lutra lutra)
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea)
Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)
Common Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Domestic Cat (Felis catus)
Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Orkney/Guernsey Vole (Microtus arvalis subsp. orcadensis)
Pygmy Shrew (Sorex minutus)
Stoat (Mustela erminea subsp. erminea)

Birds found near Binscarth Woods

There have been 186 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Binscarth Woods.

(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
American Wigeon (Anas americana)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corncrake (Crex crex)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Greater Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens subsp. atlanticus)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Auk (Alle alle)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. fabalis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
Velvet Scoter (Melanitta fusca)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
(Pyrrhula pyrrhula subsp. pyrrhula)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
White-Tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)