Site Report: Orkney Islands
Rainbow Lighthouse
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) - Non-breeding
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) - 1st Winter
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
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Rainbow Lighthouse
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima) - Non-breeding
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) - 1st Winter
Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
Islands
Visits
No visit reports available.Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (58 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(58 records)
Class: Birds
(55 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(9 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Order: Pelicans
(15 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Order: Perching Birds
(16 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
- Family: Wrens
- Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(10 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Phocidae
- Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)