Tweet tweet!

No, not that kind of tweeting... yesterday, day 13, was a momentous occasion, as I finally spotted my first oystercatcher!!

Iceland is a fantastic place for birdwatching, what with all the coasts, cliffs, fjords and marshes, and general lack of trees for our feathered friends to hide in. There aren't all that many species here either (I think I read somewhere that there are around 75) so it's easier to remember the ones you have already spotted after a while. I appreciate that this will be very boring for everyone reading this, but I have decided to get a list going on this blog that I will add to each time I spot something new...

- Oystercatcher :)
- Black headed gull
- Common tern
- Common gull
- Great skua
- Fulmar
- Little gull
- Arctic tern
- Common snipe (and snipe babies)
- Black tailed godwit
- Golden plover
- Ptarmigan
- Redwing (and fledgling redwing)
- Common redpoll
- Blackbird
- White wagtail
- Wood pigeon
- Harlequin duck
- Mallard
- Wigeon
- Tufted duck
- Common eider duck
- Greater scaup
- Horned grebe
- Red necked phalarope
- Greylag goose