Bird AlbumFaroe Islands
Mykines
56 species and 771 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–August, with up to 25 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
- Sørvágur – inner bay and clay area18 km62 species
- Miðvágur – shore and bay25 km67 species
- Sandavágur – shore and bay26 km60 species
- Eiði – lake37 km93 species
- Gjógv44 km59 species
- Tórshavn – Viðarlundin46 km61 species
All 56 species recorded here
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Gull Larus canus
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mykines?
June–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 25 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mykines?
56 species, from 771 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.