The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Somateria mollissima. Family name - Anatidae

Number of eggs - 4 - 6 eggs
Hatching time - 27 - 28 days
Age of independence - 67 days
Oldest known age - 24 years
Length from tip of bill to tail - 55 - 65 cm
(80 - 105 cm wingspan)

Valuable feather and down collected for centuries along the coast by the local people. Non-breeding females can aid in protecting ducklings.

Ærfugl   Haahka   Ederfugl   Eider   Ejder   Eider à duvet   Eider   Edredone   Eiderente   Eider   Æður   Edredon

- 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