Bird AlbumSvalbard & Jan Mayen · Svalbard
Smeerenburg
37 species and 1,382 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 26 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
- Magdalenefjorden19 km30 species
- Texas Bar og Hornbækpollen36 km24 species
- Nordvest-Spitsbergen NP – Lilliehöökbreen47 km22 species
- Nordvest-Spitsbergen NP – Fjortende Julibreen69 km34 species
All 37 species recorded here
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
- Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Common Gull Larus canus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Smeerenburg?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 26 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Smeerenburg?
37 species, from 1,382 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.