Birds of Åland Islands
248 species recorded at 15 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Mute SwanCygnus olor
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Common GullLarus canus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great TitParus major
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
European GreenfinchChloris chlorisMost recorded
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common EiderSomateria mollissima
European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
European RobinErithacus rubeculaHotspots with the most records
- Lemland – Lågskär210 species
- Eckerö – Styrsingsudden134 species
- Kökar – Hamnön lintulava114 species
- Jomala – Torpfjärden lintutorni127 species
- Hammarland – Signilskär lintuasema128 species
- Kökar – Västerfjärden86 species
- Saltvik – Haga78 species
- Kökar – Överboda, lintulava95 species
- Nåtö54 species
- Maarianhamina – Badhusberget55 species
- Maarianhamina – Strandnäs lintutorni76 species
- Lemland – Herröskatan lintutorni75 species
All 15 hotspots
- Eckerö – Storby, postbryggan59 species
- Lemland – Järsö Naturstig61 species
- Mariehamn51 species
All species recorded · 248
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Crested Tit Lophophanes cristatus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Parrot Crossbill Loxia pytyopsittacus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis