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Iceland Birding by Birding In Spain

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Here is a brief look at our Midsummer Iceland Tour 2024

5 participants all from the USA

Picnic on our Summer Iceland Birding Tour

Dates: 9th to 16th June 2024

68 bird species encountered

Mammals: Humpback Whale, Harbour Porpoise, Minke Whale

Loa’s nest: one of our guesthouses in Iceland

Birding highlights:

• Snow Buntings singing from the roofs on Flatey Island
• Roadside Rock Ptarmigans in the north
• Large numbers of Pink-footed Goose in the north
• A host of wetland birds at Myvatn Lake
• The only Black-throated Diver in Iceland
• Three White-tailed Eagles on one morning
• Breeding Brünnich’s Guillemots in a howling gale
• Watching summer plumaged Slavonian Grebes diving in clear water
• Watching delightful spinning Red-necked Phalaropes
• Great Northern Divers in full breeding plumage
• Puffins off shore and from the ferry to Flatey
• Displaying waders in our guesthouse garden
• Great weather for a picnic
• Whale-watching as good as ever
• Spectacular waterfalls adorned with Ravens and Fulmars

Atlantic Puffin, Iceland Birding Tour