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Count
Date
Observer
Location
Native and Naturalized (52)
Graylag Goose
Anser anser
#
Count:
100
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Brant
Branta bernicla
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
#
Count:
50
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
#
Count:
200
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
#
Count:
28
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
#
Count:
9
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
#
Count:
10
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
#
Count:
12
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
#
Count:
20
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
#
Count:
5
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Sanderling
Calidris alba
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
#
Count:
36
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Gull
Larus canus
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
#
Count:
30
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
#
Count:
9
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
#
Count:
11
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Iceland Gull
Larus glaucoides
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
#
Count:
14
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Northern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis
#
Count:
1
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
#
Count:
85
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Redwing
Turdus iliacus
#
Count:
2
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
#
Count:
3
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
#
Count:
8
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
#
Count:
4
Date:
11 Jun 2024
Observer:
christian artuso
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
#
Count:
1
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
#
Count:
2
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
#
Count:
2
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
#
Count:
25
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Raven
Corvus corax
#
Count:
2
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
#
Count:
1
Date:
14 May 2024
Observer:
Héðinn Finnsson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
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Red Knot
Calidris canutus
#
Count:
45
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Purple Sandpiper
Calidris maritima
#
Count:
11
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Loon
Gavia immer
#
Count:
2
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
#
Count:
1
Date:
12 May 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
King Eider
Somateria spectabilis
#
Count:
1
Date:
1 May 2024
Observer:
Eyjólfur Matthíasson
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
#
Count:
2
Date:
5 Apr 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
#
Count:
1
Date:
5 Apr 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
#
Count:
8
Date:
17 Mar 2024
Observer:
Brage Bærheim
Location:
Álftanes--Bessastaðatjörn