Norway Ramsar wetland
Sørkapp Bird Sanctuary
49 bird species recorded; the most from July to September.
Bjoertvedt · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
3 species in January.3 species in February.6 species in March.1 species in April.28 species in May.17 species in June.38 species in July.38 species in August.39 species in September.22 species in October.0 species in November.1 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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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
49 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).
- 49Speciesrecorded more than once
- 35Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,723Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 13Waders
- 20Gulls & seabirds
- 7Ducks & geese
- 7Songbirds
- 1Other birds
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 49 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus
Waders13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- American golden ploverPluvialis dominica
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Gulls & seabirds20 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
- Little AukAlle alle
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Ivory GullPagophila eburneaNT
- Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsiiNT
Ducks & geese7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
Songbirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
Other birds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- PtarmiganLagopus muta
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from July to September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-4°/-7°63 mm
- Feb-4°/-7°59 mm
- Mar-6°/-10°59 mm
- Apr-4°/-7°46 mm
- May0°/-2°46 mm
- Jun3°/1°34 mm
- Jul5°/4°47 mm
- Aug5°/4°52 mm
- Sep4°/2°66 mm
- Oct1°/-1°64 mm
- Nov0°/-3°70 mm
- Dec-2°/-5°70 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sørkapp Bird Sanctuary.
Protected area in Norway (Naturbase code: VV00002562)
Sørkapp Bird Sanctuary is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Norway.
49 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,723 open records.
The most recorded are the Glaucous Gull, the Common Eider and the Purple Sandpiper.
30 species come for the summer, 3 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Black-legged kittiwake, Long-tailed duck and Atlantic Puffin.
The most species are recorded from July to September.
Get there and watch
- Svalbard Airport, Longyear (LYR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 198 km in a straight lineCar hire at ALF airport (Alta)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 Sørkapp Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmKistefjellet · 14 kmSt. Nikolausfjellet · 17 kmKeilhaufjellet660 m · 18 kmMønsåsen297 m · 21 kmVesle Svartkuven · 23 kmSvartkuven · 24 kmKvitingen · 24 kmRundtuva331 m · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Sørkapp Bird Sanctuary
Norway
- 50Birdyas Score
- 49Species
- 35Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6514249) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,723 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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