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List of fauna of the Scottish Highlands
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September 02, 2025
This is a list of
fauna
of the
Scottish Highlands
.
Contents
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Insects
Beetles
Bees
Butterflies and moths
Dragonflies
Other
Sources
See also
Part of
a series
on the
Biodiversity of Scotland
Biodiversity
Flora
Fauna
Birds
Scottish breeds
Highland fauna
Conservation
Special Areas of Conservation
Organisations
Wildlife Trusts
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Areas
Local nature reserves
National nature reserves
Protected areas
National parks
National Scenic Areas
Natural history
Natural history
v
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Mammals
European beaver
(
reintroduced
)
European badger
European otter
Field vole
British primitive goat
Eurasian wolf
(
extinct
)
American mink
(
invasive
)
Moose
(
reintroduced
)
Mountain hare
Pine marten
Red deer
Red fox
Red squirrel
Reindeer
(
reintroduced
)
Roe deer
Scottish wildcat
Sheep
Stoat
European water vole
Scottish highland cattle
Birds
Black grouse
Black-throated diver
Common buzzard
Western capercaillie
Common gull
Common sandpiper
Common cuckoo
Eurasian curlew
White-throated dipper
Eurasian dotterel
Dunlin
Golden eagle
Great skua
Common greenshank
Greylag goose
Hen harrier
Hooded crow
Meadow pipit
Merlin
Osprey
Peregrine falcon
Ptarmigan
Common raven
Red grouse
Red kite
(
reintroduced
)
Red-throated diver
Ring ouzel
Scottish crossbill
—
endemic
Common snipe
Snow bunting
European stonechat
Northern wheatear
White-tailed eagle
Reptiles
Adder
Viviparous lizard
Amphibians
Common frog
Palmate newt
Fish
Charr
Salmon
Trout
Insects
Beetles
Green tiger beetle
Ground beetle
Bees
Bilberry bumblebee
Heath bumblebee
Butterflies and moths
Large heath butterfly
Mountain ringlet butterfly
Scotch argus butterfly
Black mountain moth
Emperor moth
Fox moth
Magpie moth
Mountain burnet moth
Northern dart moth
Northern eggar moth
Dragonflies
Azure hawker dragonfly
Four-spotted chaser dragonfly
Golden-ringed dragonfly
Other
Cranefly
Deer ked
Midge
Sheep tick
Sources
Kempe and Wrightham,
Hostile Habitats: Scotland's Mountain Environment
Scottish Mountaineering Trust 2006,
ISBN
0-907521-93-2
See also
Fauna of Scotland
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.
(
August 2008
)
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