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Wildlife

Hedgehog

 

This is our personal list of species seen around the John o' Groats Guest House.

(This list was started in October 2013)

 

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles & Amphibians

From the Guest House:

 

Blackbird

Blackcap

Bunting, Reed

Buzzard

Chaffinch

Chiffchaff

Crow, Carrion

Crow, Hooded

Cormorant

Cuckoo

Curlew

Dove, Collared

Dove, Rock/Feral Pigeon

Dunnock

Fieldfare

Goldcrest

Goldfinch

Goose, Bean (Tundra)

Goose, Graylag

Goose, Pink-footed

Greenfinch

Grouse, Red

Gull, Black-headed

Gull, Common

Gull, Glaucous

Gull, Great Black-backed

Gull, Herring

Gull, Iceland

Gull, Lesser Black-backed

Harrier, Hen

Heron, Grey

Jackdaw

Kestrel

Lapwing

Linnet

Magpie

Mallard

Martin, House

Merlin

Moorhen

Owl, Barn

Owl, Short-eared

Oystercatcher

Peregrine

Pheasant

Pipit, Meadow

Plover, Golden

Raven

Redpoll, Common

Redpoll, Lesser

Redshank

Redwing

Robin

Rook

Shag

Siskin

Skua, Arctic

Skua, Great

Skylark

Snipe

Sparrow, House

Sparrow, Tree

Sparrowhawk

Starling

Stonechat

Swallow

Swan, Whooper

Swift

Thrush, Song

Tit, Blue

Tit, Great

Twite

Wagtail, Pied

Warbler, Sedge

Warbler, Willow

Warbler, Yellow-browed

Waxwing

Wheatear

White-tailed Sea Eagle

Whitethroat, Lesser

Woodpigeon

Wren

Nearby:

 

Bunting, Snow

Crane

Duck, Long-tailed

Dunlin

Eider

Fulmar

Gannet

Goldeneye

Greenshank

Guillemot

Guillemot, Black

Martin, Sand

Merganser, Red-breasted

Pipit, Rock

Plover, Ringed

Puffin

Razorbill

Sandpiper, Common

Sandpiper, Purple

Shelduck

Skua, Pomerine

Teal

Tern, Arctic

Tern, Common

Turnstone

Wagtail, Grey

Wigeon

 

From the Guest House:

 

Deer, Roe

Fox

Hedgehog

Mole

Mouse, Wood

Rabbit

Shrew, Pygmy

Vole, Bank

Vole, Field

Weasel

 

 

Nearby:

 

Dolphin, Common

Orca

Otter

Seal, Atlantic Grey

Seal, Common

Stoat

Whale, Minke

From the Guest House:

 

Frog, Common

Toad, Common

Butterflies

From the Guest House:

 

Meadow Brown

Painted Lady

Peacock

Red Admiral

Tortoiseshell, Small

White, Green-veined

White, Large

White, Small

Moths

From the Guest House:

 

Angle Shades

Autumn Green Carpet

Autumnal Rustic

Black Rustic

Brick

Bright-line Brown-eye

Brimstone Moth

Brindled Ochre

Broom Moth

Brown House-Moth

Burnished Brass

Campion

Chevron

Clouded Drab

Clouded-bordered Brindle

Common Carpet

Common Heath

Common Pug

Common Quaker

Common Rustic

Common Wave

Confused

Dark Arches

Dark Marbled Carpet

Dark Sword-grass

Dotted Border

Dusky Brocade

Emperor Moth

Flame Carpet

Flame Shoulder

Fox Moth

Foxglove Pug

Frosted Orange

Garden Carpet

Garden Tiger

Ghost Moth

Glaucous Shears

Gold Spangle

Golden-rod Pug

Grass Rivulet

Haworth's Minor

Heath Rustic

Hebrew Character

Ingrailed Clay

July Highflyer

Large Yellow Underwing

Lychnis

 

 

 

Magpie

Map-winged Swift

Middle-barred Minor

Mottled Grey

Narrow-Winged Pug

Northern Deep-Brown Dart

Northern Eggar

Northern Spinach

Pale Eggar

Pale-shouldered Brocade

Parsnip Moth

Pebble Prominent

Pink-barred Sallow

Poplar Hawk Moth

Purple Bar

Puss Moth

Red Carpet

Red Chestnut

Red Sword-grass

Rosy Rustic

Ruby Tiger

Rusty-dot Pearl

Sallow

Satellite

Scalloped Hazel

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Shaded Broad-Bar

Shears

Silver Y

Silver-ground Carpet

Small Autumnal Moth

Small Square-spot

Small Wainscot

Smoky Wainscot

Spectacle

Spruce Carpet

Square-Spot Rustic

True Lover's Knot

Twin-Spot Carpet

White Ermine

White-shouldered House-moth

Winter Moth

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