Sunday, June 27, 2010

Varangerfjord 23-25.6.2010

After birding in northern Finland I drove to Varangerfjord in Norway. This place is known as a good birding place where you can see some nice sea birds and some northern specialities. It's so easy to reach from Finalnd that I use to go there almost every summer. It's always nice to see some White-billed Divers, Brünnich´s Guillemots, King Eiders, Glaucous Gulls, Long-tailed Skuas, Shore Larks, Twites etc. that all are possible to see every summer you go there. This time I saw my first Iceland Gull there and as a rarity a Sabine's Gull in Hamningberg.


There are many little streams with very pure water.


The legendary Hamningberg-road.


Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides).


Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus).


Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla).


The Kittiwake colony.