Wild Norway & Svalbard WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS (Birds & Mammals) MAMMALS May June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina X X X European Otter Lutra lutra X X Arctic Hare Lepus arcticus X Reindeer Rangifer tarandus X X X X Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus X Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X Ringed Seal Pusa hispida X X X X Walrus Odobenus rosmarus X X X Polar Bear Ursus maritimus X X Minke Whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata X Beluga (Whale) Delphinapterus ieucas X Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus X BIRDS Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis X X X X X X X X Skylark Alauda arvensis X X European Greenfinch Chloris chloris X X X X Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea X X X Common Linnet Linaria cannabina X Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs X X H H House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X X X X X X Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris X X X X X X X Hooded Crow Corvus cornix X X X X X X X Eurasian Magpie Pica pica X X X X X X Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus X May June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Coal Tit Periparus ater X Great Tit Parus major H X Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita X X H H Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus X X H X X X X Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla H Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe X X X X X Common Blackbird Turdus merula X X Fieldfare Turdus pilaris X X X X Redwing Turdus iliacus X H X X X X X European Robin Charadrius hiaticula X Dunnock Prunella modularis X Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes X H H H Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica X X X X X X Sand Martin/Bank Riparia riparia X X Swallow Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus X Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus X X X X X X X X European Herring Gull Larus argentatus X X X X X X X Mew/Common Gull Larus canus X X X X X X X X Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos X X X X X Dunlin Calidris alpina X X Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus X X European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria X X X X Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula X X X X Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus X X X X X X X X Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator X X X X Common Eider Somateria mollissima X X X X X X X X X X X Mallard Anas platyrhynchos X X X X May June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna X X Greylag Goose Anser anser X X X X X X Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula X X X Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus X X X X X X X X Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica X X X X X X X X Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis X X X X X X X X X X X X Common Murre/Guillemot Uria aalge X X X X X X White Wagtail Motacilla alba X X X X X X X Grey Heron Ardea cinerea X X X X X Goldcrest Regulus regulus X X Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis X X Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula X X X X Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus X X Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus X Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca X X X X Common Redshank Tringa totanus X X X Northern Raven Corvus corax X X X X X White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla X X X X X Razorbill Alca torda X X X Northern Gannet Morus bassanus X X X Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus H H Great Skua Stercorarius skua X X X X X Twite Carduelis flavirostris X X Arctic Tern Stercorarius parasiticus X X X X X X X Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle X X X X X X X X X X X X Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carb X X X Eurasian Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis X X X May June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 Rock Pipit Charadrius hiaticula X X Brambling Fringilla montifringilla X X X Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago X X Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata X X X X Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis X X X X Eurasian Teal Anas crecca X Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus X Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus X Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus X Horned/Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus X Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus X Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus H Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus X Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis X X Ruff Calidris pugnax X Willow Ptarmigan/Grouse Lagopus lagopus X Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa X Red Knot Calidris canutus X Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola X Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata X X Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus X X X X X X X Pomarine Jaeger/Skua Stercorarius pomarinus X X Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia X X X X X X X Little Auk/Dovekie Alle alle X X X X X Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus X X X Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea X Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima X X X X Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis X X May June 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 King Eider Somateria spectabilis X X Brant/Brent Goose Branta bernicla X X Parasitic Jaeger/ Stercorarius parasiticus X X Arctic Skua Sanderling Calidris alba X Red/Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius X Tundra/Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus X Notes - Species listed in order of date of first seeing or hearing them. - List includes all species seen from the day of Ocean Adventurer embarkation to disembarkation. - H = Heard Only - Names follow IOC World Bird Names version 9.1 Itinerary May 19th - Bergen / Embark Ocean Adventurer May 20th - Geirangerfjord May 21st - Runde May 22nd - Traena May 23rd - Kjerringøy / Vedoya, Lofoten Islands May 24th - Reine / Stamsund / Trollfjord May 25th - Tromsø May 26th - Skarsvaag / North Cape 27th May - Bear Island (Bjørnøya) 28th May - South East Svalbard and Hornsund 29th May - Bellsund 30th May - Magdelenafjord and Smeernburgfjord 31st May - St. Johnsfjord, Dahlbreen and Poolepynten 1st June - Longyearbyn / Disembark.