The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Calidris maritima.  Family name - Scolopacidae

Number of eggs - 4 eggs
Hatching time - 21 - 22 days
Age of independence - 21 days
Oldest known age - 10 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 20 cm

This Purple Sandpiper spends the winter in Gjesvær and breeds in Siberia (Russia). The bird eats insects, molluscs and plant material.

Fjæreplytt   Merisirri   Sortgrå ryle   Purple Sandpiper   Skärsnäppa   Bécasseau violet   Paarse strandloper   Piovanello violetto   Meerstrandläufer   Correlimos oscuro   Sendlingur     Biegus morski

- Birds in Ola's BirdGuide -

Puffin  |  Guillemot  |  Razorbill  |  Black Guillemot  |  Red-necked Phalarope   Purple Sandpiper   Shag  |  Cormorant  |  Arctic Skua  |  White-tailed Eagle  |  Raven  |  Carrion Crow  |  Gannet  |  Fulmar  |  Oystercatcher  |  Arctic Tern  |  Great black-backed Gull  |  Kittiwake Common Gull  |  Herring Gull  |  Eider  |  Goosander  |  Long-tailed Duck  |  Mallard  |  † Great Auk