The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Fulmarus glacialis. Family name - Procellariidae

Number of eggs - 1 egg
Hatching time - 50 days
Age of independence - 50 days
Oldest known age - 34 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 45 cm
(105 cm wingspan)

The Fulmar roams large areas of the ocean looking for small fish etc. on the surface. It is a common sight around trawlers.

Havhest   Myrskylintu   Mallemuk   Fulmar   Stormfågel   Pétrel Fulmar   Noordse stormvogel   Fulmaro   Eissturmvogel   Fulmar   Fýll   Fulmar (petrel)

- 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