Birdlife in Moskenes & Flakstad, Lofoten

Birdlife in the  Lofoten Islands is varied and fascinating. 129 different species have been sighted in Moskenes (see www.fugler-i-lofoten.no), many of which are random visitors that occur due to the location and character of the islands. The geographical diversity of the Lofoten Islands is reflected in the species found here. These include birds of prey like the white-tailed sea eagle, hawks, falcons and owls; waders, divers, ducks and geese, gulls, puffins, and smaller birds like the bluethroat, waxwing, great spotted woodpecker, snowbunting, dipper, to mention but a few.
 

Birds observed mainly in Moskenes

Ducks/geese/swans

Mallard
Teal

Tufted duck

Greater scaup

Goldeneye
Eider duck

Kiing eider
Red-breasted merganser

Goosander

Long-tailed duck
Mandarin duck

Greylag goose

Pink-footed goose

Whooper swan

Red-throated diver

Birds of Prey

White-tailed sea eagle
Golden eagle

Rough-legged buzzard
Peregrine falcon
Gyr falcon
Kestrel

Merlin

Goshawk

Sparrowhawk


Hawk owl

Waders, etc.

Oystercatcher
Common sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Curlew
Whimbrel

Lapwing (
Pewitt)

Golden plover
Dotterel

Snipe
Redshank
Woodcock
Dotterel


Grey heron


Crows, etc.

Hooded crow
Raven
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook


Doves, etc.
 
Turtle dove
Wood pigeon
Collared dove
Feral pigeon

Cuckoo
Rock ptarmigan
Willow ptarmigan

Gulls, etc.

Great skua
Arctic skua

Black-headed gull
Kittiwake

Lesser black-backed gull

Great black-backed gull
Glaucus gull
Iceland gull

Common gull

Fulmar

Common/Arctic tern
Gannet
Puffin
Guillemot
Black guillemot
Razorbill

Small birds:

Pied flycatcher, spotted flycatcher, house martin, swallow, bluethroat, robin,willow warbler, yellow-browed warbler, garden warbler, chiffchaff, fieldfare, blackbird, ring ouzel, starling, pied wagtail, redwing, great tit, sparrow, reed bunting, great spotted woodpecker, brambling, twite, common whitethroat, lesser whitethroat, wheatear, blackcap snow bunting, arctic redpoll, siskin, chaffinch, redstart, crossbill bullfinch, dipper, greenfinch, meadow pipit, rock pipit, goldcrest, wren, bluetit, pine grosbeak. yellowhammer, skylark, rcrossbill, dunnock, waxwing


White-tailed sea eagle

Red-throated diver

Rock ptarmigan

Waxwing

Meadow pipit





















Kittiwake


Oystercatcher














Red-breasted merganser


Hooded crow
















Cormorant


Herring gulls and blackbacks


Text, observations and all photos: Robert Walker
All birds photographed in Moskenes and Flakstad.




















Great tit