Birds of Iceland by Martyna Łozinska https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7 Made with the best of intentions en-us 2017-10-25 12:12:22 UTC 2025-10-16 15:28:27 UTC hello@padlet.com martynalozi https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/200354790 Waterfowls are birds that frequent water, e.g. ducks, geese, swans etc.]]> 2017-10-25 12:14:37 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/200354790 Graylag goose https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201663934 The graylag goose is one of the bigger geese measuring at 74 to 91 centimeters in length and avrage weight at 3,3 kilograms. 
The Graylag geese are herbivorous and sometimes can be seen eating grass with the sheep but they can also be seen eating oats, barley and wheat
Greylag geese travel to their northerly breeding grounds in spring, nesting on moorlands, in marshes, around lakes and on coastal islands. They normally mate for life and nest on the ground among vegetation.
The wingspan of the Greylag Geese ranges between 58 inches and 71 inches (147 cm and 180 cm)
The birds of this species are found all over the Old World. Their distribution range includes various regions of Europe and Asia with the eastern distribution range extending to China.


]]> 2017-10-30 11:43:38 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201663934 Rock Ptarmigan https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201664817 Rock ptarmigan is a special kind of bird because it changes its coat 3 times a year.]]> 2017-10-30 11:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201664817 Merlin/ pigeon hawkHe is the most common Icelandic bird of prey.  Smyrill pours in cliffs and sometimes on steep slopes. The merlin Pigeon hawk lives in  Iceland in the summer. And UK and Western Europe in the winter. There is alot of Pigeon hawk in the west fjords and he eats eggs of small birds and sometimes small birds to. https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201665191 Sölvi

]]> 2017-10-30 11:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201665191 Rock Ptarmigan https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201665726 Rock Ptarmigan can change it's coat three times a year during the summer, autumn and winter in the summer and autumn it's coat is brown and it's gaurments black. In the winter it's coat is all white. Rock Ptarmigan is a ]]> 2017-10-30 11:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201665726 https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201666363 The Black Guillemot carries fish crosswise in its bill. Some adults seem to show a preference for the direction in which the fish heads point; this handedness may be related to the selection of foraging sites. The Black Guillemot can stay underwater for up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds. The Black Guillemot shows a considerable amount of geographic variation in the amount of white in its winter plumage. Higher-latitude populations show more white background color than do southern populations, and can be nearly pure white with black wings.


]]> 2017-10-30 11:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201666363 Common loon/great northern diver https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201666588 The female bird is mostly black with a greenish, purpleish or grayish tone at their neck. It is white underneath just like the male bird. The male bird is brownish with a black upperbody, it has white patches and an unclear pattern on it's back. The male bird is also bigger and heavier that the female. Common loons live on lakes in Canada, United States, Greenland and Iceland. During winter they stay at the cost of the US and the Atlantic cost of Europe. They mostly eat small fishes but also insects and waterplants. The common loon is named after it's clumsy and awkward appearance on land due to it's legs being located at it's rear end but it is a great diver and can dive 60m in water! Their call is also very weird and almost sounds like a maniacal laughter! 
-Laufey S.]]> 2017-10-30 11:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201666588 https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201667217 2017-10-30 11:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201667217 White-Tailed eagle https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201668075 It’s the largest bird on Iceland and it’s wingspan reaches 2 to 2,5 meters. These agles are approximately 5kg and are 70-90 cm in length. These Eagles do not only catch fish, it also catches lambs but happens only occasionally. The Eagles are not common in Iceland and we’re almost extinct in the first half of the century. Now they are protected and there numbers are rising. The main breeding area is breiðifjörður. Fun fact: the Eagles don’t reach puberty until 4-5 yers old. Fun fact 2: if an Eagle loses his mate it could take him years to find a new one. After nilli and kristinn.]]> 2017-10-30 11:57:17 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201668075 Common Snipe https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201669663 A common snipe is a middle hight wader bird. In Iceland he spends his most time en wetlands in the summer, but in the winter he goes to]]> 2017-10-30 12:02:34 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201669663 Rock Ptarmigan https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671013 2017-10-30 12:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671013 Great Cormorant https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671093 2017-10-30 12:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671093 Common Snipe https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671254 A common snipe is a middle hight wader bird. In Iceland he spends his most time in wetlands in the summer, but in the winter he goes to Western Europe and stays mostly in Ireland and breeds there to. He mostly eats worms, larvae, bells and ewes. A common snipe is not a social bird and is mostly hiding so it can be hard to see him.
-Ebba ]]> 2017-10-30 12:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671254 https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671392 2017-10-30 12:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201671392 Short eared owl https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673002 Short eared owls are migratory birds. They started to migrate here in the beginning of the last century and now spread all low parts of the country, but is most common in the North-west, west and South Iceland. The owl also go to the edges of Britain, the owl mostly eats mice and such, it breeds were berrys are found and on tall grass
And they're young depend on them for about 
twenty-eight days. Fun fact what seems to be the owls ears are not technically ears but bundled feathers 
Elka rut

]]> 2017-10-30 12:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673002 White Wagtail https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673080 White wagtails are insect eaters from Iceland. They prefer to live in a closer vicinity of water but they can survive on dry land as long as there are insects. The white wagtail migrates to
Western Africa during the winter.

Erla Dögg]]> 2017-10-30 12:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673080 The Arctic tern https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673543 The Arctic tern is a sea bird and it belongs to the Laridae bird family. It mainly eats fish and other small marine invertebrates so it tends to live as close as it can to the sea or some other place where it can find fish. The bird travels around the globe depending on the time of the year. Recent studies show that the average annual road trip for an Arctic tern are around 70.900-90.000km depending on whether the bird reasts in Iceland, Greenland or the Netherlands. During the winter the Arctic tern stays in the south to the Antarctic ocean. Then when spring comes around the bird starts flying towards the north (Iceland, Norway, Canada, northern Russia and etcetera.)  And that's where they breed and lay eggs.



-Alexandra Líf]]> 2017-10-30 12:14:30 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201673543 The great black-blacked gull / blackback https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201674110 The great black-blacked gull lives in Iceland all year around, they live also all year around in Norway, North- America and Britain. The bird breeds in Iceland, Sweeden and South-Greenland. The female lays usually three eggs between late April and June. The eggs are greenish-brown with dark speckles and blotches. The great black-blacked gulls can eat almost anything that they can swallow. More than half of their diet comes from our garbage.  But like most gulls, they also capture fish.
- Guðrún Birna]]> 2017-10-30 12:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201674110 Ebba Dís https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201674370 Á common snipe ]]> 2017-10-30 12:16:42 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201674370 Common snipe https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201676569 Ebba Dís ]]> 2017-10-30 12:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/martynalozi/birdsoficeland7/wish/201676569