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Biodiversity in Glen Affric
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 nisusSparrowhawk
Accipter gentilesGoshawk
Actitis hypoleucosCommon sandpiper
Aegithalos caudatusLong-tailed tit
Alauda arvensisSkylark
Anas creccaTeal
Anas platyrhynchosMallard
Anas penelopeWigeon
Anser anserGreylag goose
Anthus pratensisMeadow pipit
Anthus trivialisTree pipit
Apus apusSwift
Aquila chrysaetosGolden eagle
Ardea cinereaGrey heron
Asio flammeusShort-eared owl
Asio otusLong-eared owl
Aythya ferinaPochard
Aythya fuligulaTufted duck
 
Bombycilla garrulousWaxwing
Branta leucopsisBarnacle goose
Bucephala clangulaGoldeneye
Buteo buteoBuzzard
 
Carduelis carduelisGoldfinch
Carduelis flammeaRedpoll
Carduelis flavirostrisTwite
Carduelis spinusSiskin
Certhia familiarisTree creeper
Charadrius hiaticulaRinged plover
Charadrius morinellusDotterel
Chloris chlorisGreenfinch
Cinclus cinclusDipper
Circus cyaneusHen harrier
Columba oenasStock dove
Columba palumbusWood pigeon
Corvus coraxRaven
Corvus corone cornixHooded crow
Corvus frugilegusRook
Corvus monedulaJackdaw
Cuculus canorusCuckoo
Cygnus cygnusWhooper swan
Cygnus olorMute swan
 
Delichon urbicaHouse martin
Dendrocopus majorGreat spotted woodpecker
 
Emberiza citrinellaYellowhammer
Erithacus rubeculaRobin
 
Falco columbariusMerlin
Falco peregrinusPeregrine falcon
Falco tinnunculusKestrel
Fringilla coelebsChaffinch
Fulica atraCoot
 
Gallinago gallinagoSnipe
Gallinula chloropusMoorhen
Galvia arcticaBlack-throated diver
Galvia stellataRed-throated diver
Garrulus glandariusJay
 
Haematopus ostralegusOystercatcher
Haliaeetus albicillaWhite-tailed eagle
Hirundo rusticaSwallow
 
Jynx torquillaWryneck
 
Lagopus lagopusRed grouse
Lagopus mutusPtarmigan
Larus canusCommon gull
Larus ridibundusBlack-headed gull
Locustella naeviaGrasshopper warbler
Loxia curvirostraCommon crossbill
Loxia scoticaScottish crossbill
Lymnocryptes minimusJack snipe
 
Melanitta nigraCommon scoter
Mergus merganserGoosander
Mergus serratorRed-breasted merganser
Motacilla alba yarrelliiPied wagtail
Motacilla cinereaGrey wagtail
Motacilla flavaYellow wagtail
Muscicapa stritaSpotted flycatcher
 
Numenius arquataCurlew
 
Oenanthe oenantheWheatear
 
Pandion haliaetusOsprey
Parus aterCoal tit
Parus caeruleusBlue tit
Parus cristatusCrested tit
Parus majorGreat tit
Phalacrocorax carboCormorant
Phoenicurus phoenicurusRedstart
Phylloscopus collybittaChiffchaff
Phylloscopus sibilatrixWood warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusWillow warbler
Pica picaMagpie
Pluvialis apricariaGolden plover
Podiceps auritusSlavonian grebe
Prunella modularisDunnock
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaBullfinch
 
Regulus regulusGoldcrest
Riparia ripariaSand martin
 
Saxicola rubetraWhinchat
Saxicola torquataStonechat
Scolopax rusticolaWoodcock
Streptopelia decaoctoCollared dove
Strix alucoTawny owl
Sturnus vulgarisStarling
 
Tachybaptus ruficollisLittle grebe
Tetrao tetrixBlack grouse
Tetrao urogallusCapercaillie
Tringa totanusRedshank
Tringa nebulariaGreenshank
Troglodytes troglodytesWren
Turdus iliacusRedwing
Turdus merulaBlackbird
Turdus philomelosSong thrush
Turdus pilaisFieldfare
Turdus torquatusRing ouzel
Turdus viscivorusMistle thrush
Tyto albaBarn owl
 
Vanellus vanellusLapwing

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geese

Greylag geese (Anser anser) at the edge of Loch Beinn a'Mheadhoin in Glen Affric.

 

Chaffinch

Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) in Glen Affric.

 


Crossbill (Loxia scotica) pair with chicks in the nest.
Photo: David Whitaker
(See Species Profile: Scottish crossbill)

 


An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) on its perch with a freshly-caught fish.
Photo: Laurie Campbell
(See Species Profile: Osprey)

 


Crested tit (Parus cristatus) at its nest in a standing dead tree, or snag.
Photo: Laurie Campbell.
(See Species Profile: Crested tit)

 

willow warbler

Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) in Glen Affric in early spring.

 


Cock capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus) in Glen Affric
(See Species Profile: Capercaillie)

 

 


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Published: August 2002
Last updated: 23 January 2008

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