Reykjavik...Iceland..Northern Lights

 A city break to Reykjavik , Iceland the weather was harsh to say the least and the Northern lights hard to find...A few Birds around the city made for an excellent break.......

1..Raven a common bird around the city with 14 seen together over the harbour..

2 Starling common in gardens in the old quarter.

3 ' Icelandic' Redwing a common garden bird around the city..

4 Iceland Gull..common 

5 Glaucous Gull common in smaller numbers than Iceland

6 Fulmar..100 + in the harbour and sea front

7 Red Throated Diver..2 +in the harbour and sea front

8 Great Northern Diver..4 +in the harbour and sea front

9 Black Guillimot..50 + in the harbour and sea front

10 Red Breasted Merganser

11 Eider Duck 

12 Whooper Swan

13 Cormaorant

14 Shag ..1 fishing close inshore 

15 Common Gull

16 Black Headed Gull

17 Lesser Black backed Gull 

18 Great Black backed Gull

19 Kumelins /Thayers Gull

20 Snow Bunting a flock of 50 + on the way to the Blue lagoon and 4 over the Blue lagoon.

21 Mallard ..common 

22 Tufted Duck ..common

23 Gyr Falcon one grey phase sat on a post on the way to the Blue lagoon....

24 Redpoll..common in small flocks around the city some very pale ones looking like Artic but who knows nowerdays..are they all the same..??

25 Greylag Goose..common

26 Blackbird..common garden bird in the city

27 Widgeon 10 in the city Park

28 Gadwall..6 in the city park

29 Purple Sandpiper an impressive flock of 250 + in the main harbour

30 Herring Gull....Argentatus...common