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)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
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)
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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)
Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope) - Female
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
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)
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
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
- Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
- King Eider (Somateria spectabilis)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica)
- Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
- 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
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- 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
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Razorbill (Alca torda)
- Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle)
- Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
- Family: Plovers
- European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Order: Tubenoses
(4 records)
- Family: Northern Storm-Petrels
- European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
- Leach's Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
- Family: Phocidae
- Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)