If you would like to go bird watching
in the vicinity of Reykjavik, then Mosfellsbaer is probably the
best place to stay. From the Iceland Lodge there is a hike and bike trail
thru a gathering of trees that leads to the Leirvogur estuary,
where a variety of birds gather to feed and breed. Alternatively
you can take the trail in the other direction into some wetlands,
hills and mountains. Close by you have Thingvellir National Park
and Hvalfjordur. In these areas you can watch birds like Artic
Turn, Oystercatcher, Great Blackbacked gull, Wooper Swan, Red
Necked Phalarope, Redshank, Snipe, Golden Plover, Whimbrel, Goose,
Redwing, Eider, Merlin, Gyrfalcon, Rock Ptarmigan, Ringed Plover,
Sanderling, Dunlin, Artic Skua, Great Skua, Black-headed Gull,
Iceland Gull, Kittiwake, Green-winged Teal, Mallard, Raven, Fulmar,
Great Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser, Snow Bunting, Razorbill,
Black Guillemot, Common Guillemot, Thick-billed Murre, Dovekie,
Purple Sandpiper, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone, Black-tailed Godwit,
Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Eurasian Wigeon, Greater Scaup,
Oldsquaw, Meadow Pipit, White Wagtail, Winter Wren, Wheatear,
Fieldfare, Blackbird, Redpoll, Goosander and Red-throaded Diver.
You may also want to go whale and bird watching trips by sea
and watch birds such as Puffins. From there you can take bird
watching day trips to places like Borgarfjordur, Reykjanes, Snaefellsnes and South of Iceland.
The
Langanes Peninsula is one of the very best places in Iceland
for bird watching. There you can watch lots of different birds.
To name some: Puffin, Artic Turn, Oystercatcher, Great Blackbacked
gull, Wooper Swan, Red Necked Phalarope, Redshank, Snipe, Golden
Plover, Whimbrel, Goose, Redwing, Gannet, Eider, Merlin, Gyrfalcon,
Rock Ptarmigan, Ringed Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Artic Skua,
Great Skua, Black-headed Gull, Iceland Gull, Kittiwake, Green-winged
Teal, Mallard, Raven, Fulmar, Great Cormorant, Red-breasted Merganser,
Snow Bunting, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Common Guillemot, Thick-billed
Murre, Dovekie, Purple Sandpiper, Red Knot, Ruddy Turnstone,
Black-tailed Godwit, Herring Gull, Glaucous Gull, Eurasian Wigeon,
Greater Scaup, Oldsquaw, Meadow Pipit, White Wagtail, Winter
Wren, Wheatear, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Redpoll, Goosander, Red-throaded
Diver and Loon. See thorshofn.com
Close by you have Myvatn which has more types of ducks than the rest of Iceland combined. On your way there or on a separate trip you might want to go whale and bird watching in Husavik.
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