Hornøya - Seabird Paradise

Hornøya near the town of Vardø, Norway is an island located as far East you can get in Norway  and Western Europe (70.4N 31.2E), actually it's on the same longitude as Istanbul in Turkey or Kairo in Egypt. The seabird colonies on Hornøya is close to the Barents Sea and is rich of fish. This makes a perfect setting for the birds dependent of fish during breding season, and creates life for 10 thousands of gulls, auks and cormorants. Also predators as White-tailed Eagle and Gyr Falcon finds their food here in this seabird haven. The tourist office in Vardø is selling tickets for your boattrip to enter this fantastic Nature reserve on the footsteps of the Varangerfjord and the Barents Sea.
See more photos of seabirds at : Tromsofoto.net Tromsofoto seabirds
Species you will/could encounter are:
Common Eider
Steller's Eider

Kittiwake
Herring gull
Greater Black-backed gull
Razorbill
Guillemot
Brünnichs guillemot
Black guillemot
Puffin
Shag
Meadow pipit
Red-throated pipit
Common redpoll
Arctic redpoll
White-tailed Eagle
Gyr Falcon + + +

Hornøya near Vardø is a Seabird Paradise!

Brünnich's Guillemot - POLARLOMVI, Vardø

Razorbill -ALKE

Guillemot - LOMVI

Puffin - LUNDEFUGL

White-tailed Seaeagle - HAVØRN

Shag - TOPPSKARV

Puffin - LUNDEFUGL

Common Eider - ÆRFUGL