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Specialty Birds of Iceland

Red-throated Loon on nest on south coast. 10 July.

Young Arctic Tern at Lake Myvatn on 6 July.

Barrow's Goldeneyes breed in Iceland with 90% of the small population breeding in the Lake Myvatn area. Iceland is the only breeding location in Europe for this species. 6 July.

Female Harlequin Duck with chick at Lake Myvatn. Iceland is the only breeding location in Europe for this species. 6 July.

Male Harlequin Ducks on the southwest coast of Iceland. They will undergo molt. Female Harlequins are still in the breeding areas raising young. 11 July

Female Eurasian Wigeon with chick. Lake Myvatn on 6 July.

Female Tufted Duck with chicks.

Female Long-tailed Duck with chicks.

Female Common Eider with young. Reykjavic on1 July.

Male Common Eider. Males were gathering to molt. 3 July.

Female Merlin on 8 July

Great Skua on south coast on 9 July

Whooper Swans with young on the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. 4 July.

Greylag Goose with young at Hvellir on 10 July. They are common breeders in Iceland..

We were excited to see the rarer Pink-footed Goose in the Highlands. Here one adult is with many goslings. 8 July.

A highlight of our trip was seeing a female Rock Ptarmigan with young on Hrisey Island. Good spotting Sandra. 7 July.

Redwing is a thrush in Europe. Hrisey Island 7 July.

Common (Mealy) Redpoll on Hrisey Island on 7 July.

Northern Wheatear at Lake Myvatn on 6 July.

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