United Kingdom Important Bird Area
Bird Island
42 bird species recorded; the most in January.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
33 species in January.18 species in February.1 species in March.1 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.2 species in October.28 species in November.28 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
42 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 42Speciesrecorded more than once
- 21Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 438Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 4Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Songbirds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 42 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
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- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
Waders4 species
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- Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater
- Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
- Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus
- Rufous-chested DotterelCharadrius modestus
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Antarctic Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeVU
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbii
- Thin-billed prionPachyptila belcheri
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
- Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVU
- Antarctic FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Kelp GooseChloephaga hybrida
- Falkland SteamerduckTachyeres brachypterus
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps
- Magellan CormorantPhalacrocorax magellanicus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Songbirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Canary-winged FinchMelanodera melanodera
- Cobb's WrenTroglodytes cobbi
- Dark-faced Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticusNT
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Long-tailed MeadowlarkSturnella loyca
- Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/8°66 mm
- Feb12°/8°52 mm
- Mar11°/8°66 mm
- Apr9°/6°70 mm
- May7°/5°60 mm
- Jun5°/3°57 mm
- Jul5°/2°52 mm
- Aug5°/3°51 mm
- Sep6°/3°44 mm
- Oct7°/4°41 mm
- Nov9°/6°51 mm
- Dec11°/7°57 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bird Island.
Island of the Falkland Islands
Bird Island is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in United Kingdom.
42 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 438 open records.
The most recorded are the Black-browed Albatross, the Antarctic Giant-Petrel and the Rockhopper Penguin.
20 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Rockhopper Penguin and White-chinned Petrel.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 172 km in a straight lineCar hire at NQY airport (Newquay)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Bird Island.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 kmStephens Peak · 3.9 kmMount Dean · 10 kmOrford Hill · 17 kmThree Crowns · 18 kmMeredith Hill · 19 kmMount Alice, Falkland Islands · 21 kmEagle Rocks · 22 kmMount Young · 23 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmWood Cove · 5.0 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Bird Island
United Kingdom
- 42Birdyas Score
- 42Species
- 21Migrants
- 2Threatened
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area
Falkland Islands · 180 km
- 49Birdyas Score
- 57Species
- 25Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q865051) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 438 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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