Bird AlbumIceland · Westfjords
Flatey
68 species and 8,108 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 52 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arnarstapi75 km68 species
All 68 species recorded here
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Little Auk Alle alle
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Flatey?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 52 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Flatey?
68 species, from 8,108 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.