Iceland Ramsar wetland
Þjórsá
37 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
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This month here
0 species in January.0 species in February.1 species in March.21 species in April.22 species in May.15 species in June.0 species in July.12 species in August.13 species in September.12 species in October.0 species in November.0 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
37 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).
- 37Speciesrecorded more than once
- 19Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 224Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 296 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 1Raptors
- 8Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 10Ducks & geese
- 1Herons, ibises & grebes
- 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 37 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
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Common LoonGavia immer
Ducks & geese10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
Herons, ibises & grebes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- 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 April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-7°223 mm
- Feb-2°/-7°205 mm
- Mar0°/-6°196 mm
- Apr2°/-3°154 mm
- May5°/0°111 mm
- Jun9°/4°108 mm
- Jul11°/5°130 mm
- Aug10°/4°139 mm
- Sep7°/2°209 mm
- Oct3°/-2°190 mm
- Nov0°/-5°193 mm
- Dec-2°/-7°224 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Þjórsá.
River in Iceland
Þjórsá is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Iceland, 296 m above the sea.
37 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 224 open records.
The most recorded are the Pink-footed Goose, the European Golden Plover and the Snow Bunting.
16 species come for the summer, 0 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Hrauneyjarplace to stay · 8.3 km · 1 within 10 km
- Reykjavík Domestic Airport (RKV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 121 km in a straight lineCar hire at RKV airport (Reykjavík)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
- 1places to stay within 10 kmHrauneyjar
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Þjórsá.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas16 mountains within 25 kmLangalda · 4.2 kmHrauneyjafell · 11 kmStangarfjall · 14 kmHerbjarnarfell · 19 kmHeljarkinn · 19 kmHellisfjall · 22 kmBúrfell669 m · volcano · 24 kmMiklaalda · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmSultartangalón18 km² · 3.7 km↗Helgavatn1.4 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmSultartangalónBortle 2 · 2.7 kmSigöldulónBortle 1 · 20 kmÞórisvatnBortle 1 · 28 km↗HeklaBortle 1 · 28 km↗FrostastaðavatnBortle 1 · 30 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Þjórsá
Iceland
- 38Birdyas Score
- 37Species
- 19Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q207136) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 224 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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