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Cumulative Checklist

with Yann Kolbeinsson and James Lidster as leaders

  • Column A = Number of years out of three this species has been recorded
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2009 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2009 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only
A B C D
3 Great Northern Diver 4 3 Gavia immer
3 Red-throated Diver 6 30 Gavia stellata
3 Slavonian Grebe 3 10 Podiceps auritus
3 Northern Fulmar 8 500 Fulmarus glacialis
3 Manx Shearwater 1 150 Puffinus puffinus
2 European Storm-petrel 1 4 Hydrobates pelagicus
3 Northern Gannet 2 20 Morus bassanus
3 Great Cormorant 3 10 Phalacrocorax carbo
3 Shag 4 60 Phalacrocorax aristotelis
3 Whooper Swan 6 100 Cygnus cygnus
3 Pink-footed Goose 2 80 Anser brachyrhynchus
3 Greylag Goose 8 250 Anser anser
3 Common Shelduck 1 200 Tadorna tadorna
3 Eurasian Wigeon 3 500 Anas penelope
1 American Wigeon 1 1 Anas americana
3 Gadwall 2 200 Anas strepera
3 Teal 5 10 Anas crecca
3 Mallard 9 20 Anas platyrhynchos
3 Northern Pintail 1 5 Anas acuta
3 Northern Shoveler 1 7 Anas clypeata
3 Tufted Duck 7 6000 Aythya fuligula
3 Greater Scaup 3 350 Aythya marila
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
3 Common Eider 8 4000 Somateria mollissima
2 King Eider Somateria spectabilis
3 Steller's Eider 1 1 Polysticta stelleri
3 Harlequin Duck 4 27 Histrionicus histrionicus
3 Long-tailed Duck 2 30 Clangula hyemalis
3 Common Scoter 2 20 Melanitta nigra
3 Barrow's Goldeneye 2 35 Bucephala islandica
1 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
3 Red-breasted Merganser 6 60 Mergus serrator
2 Goosander 1 3 Mergus merganser
3 White-tailed Eagle 1 2 Haliaeetus albicilla
3 Gyrfalcon 2 5 Falco rusticolus
3 Merlin 1 2 Falco columbarius
3 Rock Ptarmigan 3 4 Lagopus muta
1 Eurasian Coot 1 1 Fulica atra
3 Oystercatcher 8 50 Haematopus ostralegus
3 Ringed Plover 7 30 Charadrius hiaticula
3 Golden Plover 8 50 Pluvialis apricaria
3 Dunlin 5 300 Calidris alpina
3 Red Knot 1 4 Calidris canutus
2 Sanderling Calidris alba
3 Purple Sandpiper 3 4 Calidris maritima
3 Common Snipe 8 30 Gallinago gallinago
3 'Icelandic'' Black-tailed Godwit 7 25 Limosa limosa islandica
3 Whimbrel 9 50 Numenius phaeopus
1 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
3 Common Redshank 9 200 Tringa totanus
3 Ruddy Turnstone 2 2 Arenaria interpres
3 Red-necked Phalarope 6 100 Phalaropus lobatus
3 Grey Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus fulicarius
3 Arctic Skua 9 30 Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Long-tailed Skua 1 2 Stercorarius longicaudas
3 Great Skua 1 4 Stercorarius skua
3 Black-headed Gull 9 50 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
3 Common Gull 3 5 Larus canus
2 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull 8 5000 Larus fuscus
3 Herring Gull 3 10 Larus argentatus
3 Iceland Gull 3 2 Larus glaucoides
3 Glaucous Gull 4 50 Larus hyperboreus
3 Great Black-backed Gull 7 150 Larus marinus
1 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
3 Kittiwake 6 300 Rissa tridactyla
3 Arctic Tern 9 1500 Sterna paradisaea
3 Auk sp 3 20000 Alcidae sp
3 Razorbill 4 10 Alca torda
3 BrĂ¼nnich's Guillemot 2 100 Uria lomvia
3 Common Guillemot 3 1000 Uria aalge
3 Black Guillemot 4 30 Cepphus grylle
3 Puffin 5 300 Fratercula arctica
3 Snowy Owl 1 1 Bubo scandiacus
1 Short-eared Owl 3 2 Asio flammeus
1 Barn Swallow 1 3 Hirundo rustica
3 Meadow Pipit 9 50 Anthus pratensis
3 White Wagtail 8 10 Motacilla alba
3 Wren 2 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Northern Wheatear 7 3 Oenanthe oenanthe
3 Blackbird 1 4 Turdus merula
3 Redwing 9 20 Turdus iliacus
3 Goldcrest 2 3 Regulus regulus
3 Common Raven 6 6 Corvus corax
3 Starling 5 40 Sturnus vulgaris
3 'Icelandic'' Common Redpoll 5 10 Carduelis flammea
1 Eurasian Siskin H Carduelis spinus
1 Red Crossbill 1 2 Loxia curvirostra
1 Lapland Bunting 2 4 Calcarius lapponicus
3 Snow Bunting 6 6 Plectrophenax nivalis