The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Haliaeetus albicilla. Family name - Accipitridae

Number of eggs - 1 - 3 eggs
Hatching time - 38 days
Age of independence - 120 days
Oldest known age - 21 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 75 - 90 cm (200 - 290 cm wingspan)

There are 800 couples in Norway, which is half of the birds in Europe. A great number of them are in Gjesvær. More than half of its food is other birds at Gjesværstappan.

Havørn   Merikotka   Havørn   White-tailed Eagle   Havsörn   Pygargue à queue blanche   Zeearend   Aquila di mare   Seeadler   Pigargo colablanco   Haförn     Bielik

- 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