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Europe's most westerly country is 'the place' to find neartic vagrants. Numbers of breeding species are low, but include the likes of Grey and Red-necked Phalaropes, Harlequin Duck and Gyrfalcon. The fjords and bays of the coast rise up in the interior into a high plateau of mountains and glaciers. The mountainous north-west peninsula holds several of the largest bird cliffs in Iceland where up to two million Brunnich's Guillemots and Guillemots nest alongside colonies of Glaucous Gulls. In Reykjavik, Arctic Terns breed within the city limits.

Barrow's Goldeneye © Jon Mercer

Trip Reports Iceland, summer 2000, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 24, 2004) Iceland - 16th - 20th June 2007, author Andy Mears (link created October 24, 2007) (This was an excellent time to visit Iceland as daylight was 24 hours. Four days is ample time to take in all the specialty birds including the big 4 for UK birders.) Iceland May 25 - June 5, 2006, author Ron Freed (added June 19, 2006) Iceland - July 2007, author Peter Stronach (added July 22, 2007) (Gyrfalcon, Harlequin Duck, Brunnich's Guillemot, Arctic Fox, Humpback Whale) Iceland 15-18 March 2007, author Svend Linderström (added December 15, 2007) Showing the 5 Most Recent Trip Reports Posted BACK TO TRIP REPORTS HOME PAGE POST A TRIP REPORT EDIT YOUR TRIP REPORTS

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