Birds occurring in Glen Affric
This is a list of the bird species noted in Glen Affric. It has been compiled by Trees for Life staff and volunteers, using records maintained by Forest Enterprise and the National Trust for Scotland, together with data from our own observations in the glen.
| Accipiter nisus | Sparrowhawk |
| Accipter gentiles | Goshawk |
| Actitis hypoleucos | Common sandpiper |
| Aegithalos caudatus | Long-tailed tit |
| Alauda arvensis | Skylark |
| Anas crecca | Teal |
| Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard |
| Anas penelope | Wigeon |
| Anser anser | Greylag goose |
| Anthus pratensis | Meadow pipit |
| Anthus trivialis | Tree pipit |
| Apus apus | Swift |
| Aquila chrysaetos | Golden eagle |
| Ardea cinerea | Grey heron |
| Asio flammeus | Short-eared owl |
| Asio otus | Long-eared owl |
| Aythya ferina | Pochard |
| Aythya fuligula | Tufted duck |
| Bombycilla garrulous | Waxwing |
| Branta leucopsis | Barnacle goose |
| Bucephala clangula | Goldeneye |
| Buteo buteo | Buzzard |
| Carduelis carduelis | Goldfinch |
| Carduelis flammea | Redpoll |
| Carduelis flavirostris | Twite |
| Carduelis spinus | Siskin |
| Certhia familiaris | Tree creeper |
| Charadrius hiaticula | Ringed plover |
| Charadrius morinellus | Dotterel |
| Chloris chloris | Greenfinch |
| Cinclus cinclus | Dipper |
| Circus cyaneus | Hen harrier |
| Columba oenas | Stock dove |
| Columba palumbus | Wood pigeon |
| Corvus corax | Raven |
| Corvus corone cornix | Hooded crow |
| Corvus frugilegus | Rook |
| Corvus monedula | Jackdaw |
| Cuculus canorus | Cuckoo |
| Cygnus cygnus | Whooper swan |
| Cygnus olor | Mute swan |
| Delichon urbica | House martin |
| Dendrocopus major | Great spotted woodpecker |
| Emberiza citrinella | Yellowhammer |
| Erithacus rubecula | Robin |
| Falco columbarius | Merlin |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine falcon |
| Falco tinnunculus | Kestrel |
| Fringilla coelebs | Chaffinch |
| Fulica atra | Coot |
| Gallinago gallinago | Snipe |
| Gallinula chloropus | Moorhen |
| Galvia arctica | Black-throated diver |
| Galvia stellata | Red-throated diver |
| Garrulus glandarius | Jay |
| Haematopus ostralegus | Oystercatcher |
| Haliaeetus albicilla | White-tailed eagle |
| Hirundo rustica | Swallow |
| Jynx torquilla | Wryneck |
| Lagopus lagopus | Red grouse |
| Lagopus mutus | Ptarmigan |
| Larus canus | Common gull |
| Larus ridibundus | Black-headed gull |
| Locustella naevia | Grasshopper warbler |
| Loxia curvirostra | Common crossbill |
| Loxia scotica | Scottish crossbill |
| Lymnocryptes minimus | Jack snipe |
| Melanitta nigra | Common scoter |
| Mergus merganser | Goosander |
| Mergus serrator | Red-breasted merganser |
| Motacilla alba yarrellii | Pied wagtail |
| Motacilla cinerea | Grey wagtail |
| Motacilla flava | Yellow wagtail |
| Muscicapa strita | Spotted flycatcher |
| Numenius arquata | Curlew |
| Oenanthe oenanthe | Wheatear |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey |
| Parus ater | Coal tit |
| Parus caeruleus | Blue tit |
| Parus cristatus | Crested tit |
| Parus major | Great tit |
| Phalacrocorax carbo | Cormorant |
| Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Redstart |
| Phylloscopus collybitta | Chiffchaff |
| Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Wood warbler |
| Phylloscopus trochilus | Willow warbler |
| Pica pica | Magpie |
| Pluvialis apricaria | Golden plover |
| Podiceps auritus | Slavonian grebe |
| Prunella modularis | Dunnock |
| Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Bullfinch |
| Regulus regulus | Goldcrest |
| Riparia riparia | Sand martin |
| Saxicola rubetra | Whinchat |
| Saxicola torquata | Stonechat |
| Scolopax rusticola | Woodcock |
| Streptopelia decaocto | Collared dove |
| Strix aluco | Tawny owl |
| Sturnus vulgaris | Starling |
| Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little grebe |
| Tetrao tetrix | Black grouse |
| Tetrao urogallus | Capercaillie |
| Tringa totanus | Redshank |
| Tringa nebularia | Greenshank |
| Troglodytes troglodytes | Wren |
| Turdus iliacus | Redwing |
| Turdus merula | Blackbird |
| Turdus philomelos | Song thrush |
| Turdus pilais | Fieldfare |
| Turdus torquatus | Ring ouzel |
| Turdus viscivorus | Mistle thrush |
| Tyto alba | Barn owl |
| Vanellus vanellus | Lapwing |
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