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Bird watching in Vestmannaeyjar Iceland - Visit Westman Islands Ferry Herjólfur Vestmannaeyjar
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Bird watching in Vestmannaeyjar Iceland
Bird watching in Vestmannaeyjar Iceland
There are many places in Vestmannaeyjar / the Westman Islands of Iceland that are ideal for bird watching. In Storhofdi puffin view point shelter you will have fantastic view over the puffins. And with the boat trips you will have excellent view over all the seabirds of Westman Islands.
Puffins are the most popular birds for general visitors to Iceland and between April and August hopefully no visitor should go home disappointed as Iceland boasts the world’s largest Puffin population and Westman Islands have the largest puffin colony of Europe. Real Puffin enthusiasts should make the trip to Heimaey in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago where the influence of Puffins is everywhere.
Besides the puffins that the Westman Islands are famous for you may expect to see many other birds such as:
Álka Alca torda  Razorbill A
Fýll Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar
Langvía Uria aalge Common Guillemot
Lundi Fratercula arctica Atlantic Puffin
Sjósvala Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach's Storm-petrel
Skrofa Puffinus puffinus Manx Shearwater
Súla Morus bassanus Northern Gannet
Stormsvala Hydrobates pelagicus European Storm-petrel
Stuttnefja Uria lomvia Brünnich's Guillemot
Sjósvala Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach's Storm-petrel
Teista Cepphus grylle Black Guillemot
Heiðlóa Pluvialis apricaria European Golden Plover
Hrossagaukur Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
Stelkur Tringa totanus Common Redshank
Sandlóa Charadrius hiaticula Ringed Plover
Sendlingur Calidris maritima Purple Sandpiper
Tildra Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
Tjaldur Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher
Gulls and realives Mávar, kjóar, þernur
Hvítmáfur Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull
Kjói Stercorarius parasiticus Arctic Skua
Kría Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern
Rita Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake
Silfurmáfur Larus argentatus Herring Gull
Sílamáfur Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
Svartbakur Larus marinus Great Black-backed Gull
Skúmur Stercorarius skua Great Skua
Ef þú ert að spá í að fara með starfmennina þína, skólahópinn þinn eða vinnustaðinn þinn í ógleymanlegt ævintýri að þá er Vestmannaeyjar klárlega staðurinn fyrir þig.
Vestmannaeyjar hafa upp á stórbrotna náttúru að bjóða, ótrúlega afþreyingu og veitingastaði sem eiga sér enga líka. Hér er allt til alls til að halda árshátíðir og óvissuferðir.
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