The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Haematopus ostraelgus. Family name - Haematopodidae

Number of eggs - 2 - 4 eggs
Hatching time - 24 - 27 days
Age of independence - 30 days
Oldest known age - 36 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 43 cm

It uses its beak to pry open oysters and other bivalves for food, hence the name Oystercatcher.

Tjeld   Meriharakka   Strandskade   Oystercatcher   Strandskata   Huîtrier pie   Scholekster   Beccaccia di mare    Austernfischer   Ostrero   Tjaldur     Ostrygojad

- 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