Trip Report: Iceland (2021-07-08 - 2021-07-18)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) - Female
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) - Juvenile
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
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Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) - Female
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) - Juvenile
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Circumnavigation of Iceland and also Heimaey
Sites Visited
Country: Iceland
(6 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (63 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(63 records)
Class: Birds
(61 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(16 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Pelicans
(15 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Grebes
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Family: Oystercatchers
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Order: Perching Birds
(10 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Family: Kinglets
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Family: Longspurs and Snow Buntings
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Razorbill (Alca torda)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Family: Plovers
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Order: Tubenoses
(4 records)
- Family: Northern Storm-Petrels
- European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
- Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)