Hornøya – Home to the Seabirds

Last weekend I visited the only arctic community of the western Europe, Vardø. 5 minutes outside of Vardø lies the island of Hornøya. Hornøya is a very important breeding ground for many of our Norwegian seabirds, such as Kittiwakes, Razorbills, Puffins and Guillemots. This is a perfect place to really get close on to the birds as they are not very shy.

Close up Guillemot

Razorbill in flight

Puffins

Sunset

The weather on these northern latitudes changes rapidly. In one hour you can have snowfall, sunshine, mist and rain. This can offer some pretty cool situations and different lights, making it extra fun to work with the birds.

Guillemot in hail

Puffin and some snowrests in sunlight

Black-Legged Kittiwake

You get very close to the colonies of Guillemots

A Shag with a crab 🙂

And to finish this posting, here’s a Razorbill coming in for landing

I will make a few more postings from Hornøya and in these I will present each spieces for them self and hopefully present some even more interesting pictures.