Iceland Birding Trips. Our Iceland birding tour features two pelagic trips and all the special birds of Iceland including Harlequin Duck Barrows Goldeneye Gyrfalcon Red or Grey Phalarope Long-tailed Skua or Long-tailed Jaeger and Brünnichs Guillemot or Thick-billed Murre. While Iceland doesnt have a long list of breeding birds those that do occur are in many cases abundant with globally important populations of waders wildfowl and seabirds.
Iceland also boast several spots all over the country tailor made for bird watching. In recent years the waters of northern Iceland have become famous as a place to see Blue Whales. The status of vagrants in Iceland.
Iceland is a paradise for bird lovers.
Here we started getting familiar with Icelands common species such as Eurasian Oystercatcher Red-necked Phalarope and Arctic Tern. In Iceland even non-birders are at some point drawn to bird-watching. Birding with a Camera BwC. Other common types are guillemots arctic terns gannets fulmars.