Bird AlbumSvalbard & Jan Mayen · Svalbard
Ny-Ålesund
43 species and 4,058 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 27 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
- Blomstrandhalvøya – Peirsonhamna5 km29 species
- Krykkjefjellet8 km20 species
- Nordvest-Spitsbergen NP – Fjortende Julibreen23 km34 species
- Nordvest-Spitsbergen NP – Lilliehöökbreen45 km22 species
- Poolepynten54 km41 species
- Magdalenefjorden74 km30 species
All 43 species recorded here
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- 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 Ny-Ålesund?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 27 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ny-Ålesund?
43 species, from 4,058 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.