Bird AlbumSvalbard & Jan Mayen · Svalbard
Alkhornet
26 species and 1,100 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 18 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 26 species recorded here
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Alkhornet?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 18 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Alkhornet?
26 species, from 1,100 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.