Checklist of the Varanger Peninsula

Last Updated on September 8th, 1999.
By Tommy Pedersen

RED-THROATED DIVER (G.stellata) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, RARE BUT REGULAR DURING WINTER
BLACK-THROATED DIVER (G.arctica arctica) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, RARE OR ABSENT DURING WINTER
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER (G.immer immer) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR, BEST VARDØ - HAMNINGBERG. OBSERVED ALL YEAR
WHITE-BILLED DIVER (G.adamsii) COMMON ON MIGRATION DURING MAY AND SEPTEMBER, BEST VARDØ - HAMNINGBERG. STRAGGLERS SEEN ALL YEAR
RED-NECKED GREBE (P.grisegena grisegena) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SEEN FROM JULY TO NOVEMBER. ONE SPRING OBS. FROM EKKERØY 11.APRIL 1998, A SECOND CALENDAR YEAR BIRD.
SLAVONIAN GREBE (P.auritus) VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR, HAS NESTED NEAR NESSEBY. OBSERVATIONS SPAN FROM 1975 - 1996
NORTHERN FULMAR (F.glacialis glacialis) COMMON SPRING TO AUTUMN. IRREGULAR, SOMETIMES ABSENT. MAX. 7000 ex. AT HAMNINGBERG IN SEPT. 1989
SOOTY SHEARWATER (P.griseus) UNCOMMON VISITOR SUMMER AND AUTUMN, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY, MORTENSNES AND HAMNINGBERG
MANX SHEARWATER (P.puffinus) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR VISITOR FROM JUNE TO SEPT. KNOWN FROM NESSEBY, VADSØYA, EKKERØY, VARDØ AND HAMNINGBERG. MAX SEEN 20+ EX. 13.07.1998
EUROPEAN STORM-PETREL (H.pelagicus) VERY UNCOMMON. KNOWN FROM 2 EX. NESSEBY 26.06.1984 AND 1 EX. NESSEBY 07. & 13.07.1998
LEACH'S STORM-PETREL (O.leucorhoa leucorhoa) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR VISITOR, SUMMER - AUTUMN, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY AND MORTENSNES. SEEN BETWEEN 26.JUNE - 02.AUGUST. MAX SEEN 76 EX. ON 14.07.1998
NORTHERN GANNET (M.bassanus) COMMON SPRING TO AUTUMN
GREAT CORMORANT (P.carbo carbo) COMMON ALL YEAR, BREEDS VARDØ - HAMNINGBERG
EUROPEAN SHAG (P.aristotelis aristotelis) FAIRLY COMMON ALL YEAR, BREEDS VARDØ - HAMNINGBERG
GREY HERON (A.cinerea cinerea) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR JULY TO OCTOBER. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO VARDØ
MUTE SWAN (C.olor) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, KNOWN FROM KIBERG IN JULY AND VADSØ IN JULY - NOVEMBER
WHOOPER SWAN (C.cygnus cugnus) REGULAR BUT UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, MOSTLY IN MAY AND JUNE
TUNDRA SWAN (C.columbianus bewickii) REGULAR BUT UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, MOSTLY JUNE - SEPT., ONCE APRIL, ONCE MAY
TAIGA BEAN GOOSE (A.fabalis fabalis) REGULAR VISITOR, SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO VARDØ
Tundra Bean Goose (A.fabalis rossicus) STATUS UNCLEAR; SEEMS REGULAR ON MIGRATION IN SPRING - FIRST DEFINITE OBSERVATIONS ARE FROM MAY 1997. EARLIEST IN 1998 WAS 09.MAY AT KARIEL
PINK-FOOTED GOOSE (A.brachyrhynchus) REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR IN SPRING, IRREGULAR DURING SUMMER
GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (A.albifrons albifrons) UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR IN SPRING AND AUTUMN
Tundra White-fronted Goose (A.albifrons flavirostris) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM ONE OBSERVATION AT EKKERØY
LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE (A.erythropus) REGULAR VISITOR DURING SPRING AND SUMMER, SEEN FROM NESSEBY TO VARDØ.  AUTUMN OBS.: KIBERG 26 OCT. - 9 NOV. 1997
GREYLAG GOOSE (A.anser anser) FAIRLY UNCOMMON VISITOR, OBSERVED FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN
CANADA GOOSE (B.canadensis canadensis) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM 1 EX. AT KRAMPENES 17.09.1994
BARNACLE GOOSE (B.leucopsis) UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, MAY - ULTIMO SEPTEMBER. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO HAMNINGBERG
BRENT GOOSE (B.bernicla bernicla) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SUMMER AND AUTUMN
Brent Goose (B.bernicla hrota) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SUMMER AND AUTUMN
COMMON SHELDUCK (T.tadorna) COMMON VISITOR FROM APRIL TO ULTIMO OCTOBER. BEST NESSEBY, STRAGGLERS EAST TO PERSFJORD
EURASIAN WIGEON (A.penelope) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, ONE WINTER OBS.: VADSØ 9. NOV. - 6. DEC. 1997
GADWALL (A.strepera) RARE VISITOR; 3 EX. VADSØYA 01. - 29.08.1974, NESSEBY 13.09.1987 AND MEDIO MAY 1989, AND A PAIR AT VADSØ MEDIO MAY 1989.
COMMON TEAL (A.crecca crecca) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
MALLARD (A.platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) COMMON RESIDENT
NORTHERN PINTAIL (A.acuta) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
GARGANEY (A.querquedula) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO VADSØ
NORTHERN SHOVELER (A.clypeata) VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR FROM MAY TO JULY. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO HAMNINGBERG
COMMON POCHARD (A.ferina) VERY UNCOMMON. KNOWN FROM NESSEBY IN 1873, VADSØ HARBOUR IN MARCH 1985 AND IN 1993. ONE ADULT MALE AT VARANGERBOTN 11.06.1990 (Bosse Danielsson). ONE LATE OBS. AT KIBERG 09.11.1997
TUFTED DUCK (A.fuligula) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
GREATER SCAUP (A.marila marila) UNCOMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, BEST EAST OF VADSØ
COMMON EIDER (S.mollissima mollissima) VERY COMMON RESIDENT
KING EIDER (S.spectabilis) COMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, HIGHEST NUMBER FROM JANUARY TO APRIL. IMMATURES PRESENT ALL YEAR
STELLER'S EIDER (P.stelleri) COMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR ALL YEAR, NUMEROUS IN WINTER
LONG-TAILED DUCK (C.hyemalis) COMMON RESIDENT
BLACK SCOTER (M.nigra nigra) FAIRLY COMMON SPRING TO AUTUMN. RARE IN WINTER
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER (M.fusca fusca) COMMON SPRING TO AUTUMN. RARE IN WINTER
COMMON GOLDENEYE (B.clangula clangula) LOCALLY FAIRLY COMMON VISITOR, RARE IN WINTER
SMEW (M.albellus) VAGRANT. ONE KNOWN OBSERVATION NEAR NESSEBY
RED-BREASTED MERGANSER (M.serrator serrator) COMMON RESIDENT
COMMON MERGANSER (M.merganser merganser) VERY COMMON SPRING TO AUTUMN, RARE IN WINTER
OSPREY (P.haliaetus haliaetus) VAGRANT. ONLY KNOWN FROM NESSEBY 24.08.1976
WHITE-TAILED EAGLE (H.albicilla albicilla) COMMON RESIDENT IN SMALL NUMBERS
NORTHERN HARRIER (C.cyaenus) UNCOMMON VISITOR, FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO VADSØ
WESTERN MARSH-HARRIER (C.aeruginosus aeruginosus) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM A FEMALE AT SALTTJERN 21.07.1992
EURASIAN SPARROWHAWK (A.nisus nisus) VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR SPRING AND AUTUMN. HAS BEEN REGULAR AT SALTTJERN IN AUGUST
NORTHERN GOSHAWK (A.gentilis gentilis) UNCOMMON VISITOR, SEPTEMBER TO NOVEMBER. TWICE IN AUGUST AND ONCE IN JANUARY
COMMON BUZZARD (B.buteo buteo) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY IN MAY AND AUGUST, AND VADSØ IN AUGUST
ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK (B.lagopus lagopus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
GOLDEN EAGLE (A.chrysaetos chrysaetos) RARE VISITOR, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY IN APRIL AND OCTOBER
COMMON KESTREL (F.tinnunculus tinnunculus) UNCOMMON VISITOR, FROM MAY TO AUGUST. OBSERVED FROM VADSØ TO VARDØ. BREEDING CONFIRMED IN NESSEBY 1976
MERLIN (F.columbarius aesalon) SPARSE VISITOR FROM SPRING TO AUTUMN
GYRFALCON (F.rusticolus) LOCALISED RESIDENT IN SMALL NUMBERS
PEREGRINE FALCON (F.peregrinus peregrinus) UNCOMMON. SEVERAL OBS. IN THE VADSØ AREA MARCH - OCTOBER AND HAMNINGBERG AUGUST - NOVEMBER. ALSO NESSEBY
WILLOW PTARMIGAN (L.lagopus lagopus) COMMON RESIDENT, SEEN DOWN TO THE COAST
ROCK PTARMIGAN (L.mutus mutus) FAIRLY COMMON RESIDENT, SEEN AWAY FROM THE COAST
COMMON CRANE (G.grus grus) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SEEN VARDØ AREA IN MAY AND JUNE, VADSØ AREA JUNE - JULY. ALSO ONCE NESSEBY
COMMON COOT (F.atra atra) RARE. SEEN VARDØ 1857 & 1875, VADSØ 1973 & 1975 AND NESSEBY 1967 & 1974
EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER (H.ostralegus ostralegus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
NORTHERN LAPWING (V.vanellus) UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY EAST TO HAMNINGBERG
EUROPEAN GOLDEN-PLOVER (P.apricaria apricaria) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
GREY PLOVER (P.squatarola) FAIRLY COMMON ON MIGRATION LATE SUMMER AND AUTUMN (12.07. - 22.10). TWICE OBSERVED IN MID-JUNE
COMMON RINGED PLOVER (C.hiaticula tundrae) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
LITTLE RINGED PLOVER (C.dubius curonicus) VAGRANT. TWO OBS. KNOWN; 1 EX. HAMNINGBERG MEDIO MAY 1989 AND 1 EX. SVARTNES PRIMO JULY 1989
EURASIAN DOTTEREL (E.morinellus) UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR. BREEDS INLAND ON THE PENINSULA
BLACK-TAILED GODWIT (L.limosa limosa) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, OBSERVED IN VADSØ 1967, 1970 AND 1975
BAR-TAILED GODWIT (L.lapponica lapponica) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
WHIMBREL (N.phaeopus phaeopus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
EURASIAN CURLEW (N.arquata arquata) FAIRLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
SPOTTED REDSHANK (T.erythropus) FAIRLY COMMON VISITOR IN AUTUMN, SCARCE DURING SUMMER
COMMON REDSHANK (T.totanus totanus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
COMMON GREENSHANK (T.nebularia) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY IN MAY AND JUNE. ONCE KIBERG
GREEN SANDPIPER (T.ochropus) RARE VISITOR, KNOWN FROM  NESSEBY 17.08.1985, SYLTEVIKVANNET 05.07.1994, V.JAKOBSELV 09.05.1998 AND MESKELVA 09.06.1999
WOOD SANDPIPER (T.glareola) FAIRLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
COMMON SANDPIPER (T.hypoleucos) LOCALLY COMMON SUMMER VISITOR IN SMALL NUMBERS
RUDDY TURNSTONE (A.interpres interpres) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE (P.lobatus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
RED PHALAROPE (P.fulicaria) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SUMMER AND AUTUMN. OBSERVED FROM JUNE TO AS LATE AS 5th NOVEMBER
EURASIAN WOODCOCK (S.rusticola) UNCOMMON VISITOR TO THE VARANGERBOTN - VADSØ AREA. MIGHT BREED
GREAT SNIPE (G.media) RARE, ONE OBSERVATION FROM SVARTNES 17.07.1995
COMMON SNIPE (G.gallinago gallinago) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
JACK SNIPE (L.minimus) VERY UNCOMMON TO RARE SUMMER VISITOR, BEST SKALLELV - KOMAGVãR
RED KNOT (C.canutus canutus) FAIRLY COMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SPRING, SUMMER AND AUTUMN
SANDERLING (C.alba) FAIRLY COMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SUMMER AND AUTUMN
LITTLE STINT (C.minuta) LOCALLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
TEMMINCK'S STINT (C.temminckii) LOCALLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
PURPLE SANDPIPER (C.maritima) COMMON RESIDENT. ALMOST ABSENT ALONG THE COAST DURING SUMMER
DUNLIN (C.alpina alpina) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
CURLEW SANDPIPER (C.ferruginea) FAIRLY COMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SUMMER AND AUTUMN
BROAD-BILLED SANDPIPER (L.falcinellus falcinellus) RARE VISITOR, DOES NOT BREED. SEVERAL OBS. SALTTJERN - INDRE KIBERG IN JULY AND AUGUST, ALSO NESSEBY AUG.1997
RUFF (P.pugnax) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
GREAT SKUA (C.skua) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY TO HAMNINGBERG. EARLIEST RECORD 13.MAY
POMARINE SKUA (S.pomarinus) FAIRLY COMMON ON SPRING AND AUTUMN MIGRATION. OCCATIONAL DURING SUMMER. HIGH NUMBERS MIGRATES PAST IN MID MAY
PARASITIC SKUA (S.parasiticus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
LONG-TAILED SKUA (S.longicaudus) FAIRLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
COMMON GULL (L.canus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN. RARE DURING WINTER
HERRING GULL (L.argentatus argentatus) COMMON RESIDENT
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (L.fuscus fuscus) RARE SUMMER VISITOR. OBSERVED NESSEBY, VADSØYA AND VARDØ, JUNE - AUGUST
GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (L.marinus) COMMON RESIDENT
GLAUCOUS GULL (L.hyperboreus hyperboreus) COMMON WINTER VISITOR, A FEW IMMATURES OVERSUMMER. MOSTLY INDRE KIBERG - HAMNINGBERG
ICELAND GULL (L.glaucoides glaucoides) REGULAR WINTER VISITOR IN SMALL NUMBERS, RARELY OVERSUMMERS
KUMLIEN'S GULL  (L.glaucoides kumlieni) VAGRANT, TWO OBSERVATIONS; VADSØ HARBOUR IN MARCH 1995 AND EKKERØY 08. NOV. 1998
LITTLE GULL (L.minutus) UNCOMMON SUMMER AND AUTUMN NON-BREEDING VISITOR. OBSERVED NESSEBY, MORTENSNES, VADSØ AND EKKERØY
BLACK-HEADED GULL (L.ridibundus) COMMON LOCALISED SUMMER VISITOR. BREEDS NESSEBY
BLACK-LEGGED KITTIWAKE (R.tridactyla tridactyla) ABUNDANT ALONG THE COAST, SCARCE DURING WINTER
BLACK TERN (C.niger niger) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, KNOWN FROM KIBERG 15.06.1979, NESSEBY ONCE IN JULY, SALTTJERN IN JUNE & JULY
COMMON TERN (S.hirundo hirundo) LOCALISED VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
ARCTIC TERN (S.paradisaea) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
LITTLE AUK (A.alle polaris) UNCOMMON BUT REGULAR NON-BREEDING VISITOR AUTUMN TO SPRING, FROM NESSEBY TO HAMNINGBERG. RARE DURING SUMMER
RAZORBILL (A.torda islandica) COMMON VISITOR ALONG THE COAST. RARE OR ABSENT WINTER
BRUNNICH'S GUILLEMOT (U.lomvia lomvia) LOCALLY COMMON VISITOR, MOSTLY EAST OF VADSØ. RARE OR ABSENT WINTER. HIGH NUMBER WERE APPX. 10.000 BIRDS MIGRATING PAST VARDØ ON 02.04.1994.
COMMON GUILLEMOT (U.aalge aalge) COMMON VISITOR ALONG THE COAST. RARE OR ABSENT WINTER
BLACK GUILLEMOT (C.grylle grylle) COMMON RESIDENT ALONG THE COAST
ATLANTIC PUFFIN (F.arctica arctica) COMMON VISITOR ALONG THE COAST. RARE OR ABSENT WINTER
ROCK DOVE (C.livia) LOCALLY COMMON RESIDENT NEAR HABITATIONS
COMMON WOOD-PIGEON (C.palumbus palumbus) VAGRANT. ONE OBSERVATION KNOWN FROM VESTRE JAKOBSELV 28.05.1985
EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (S.decaocto decaocto) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM 1 EX. IN VADSØ 09.07.1974, AND 1 EX. IN KIBERG 22.-24.05.1998
COMMON CUCKOO (C.canorus canorus) FAIRLY COMMON SUMMER VISITOR, BEST VARANGERBOTN - NESSEBY
SNOWY OWL (N.scandiaca) LOCALIZED RESIDENT IN SMALL NUMBERS
URAL OWL (S.uralensis) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM ONE OBSERVATION NEAR NESSEBY (GORNITAK) 10.07.1975
NORTHERN HAWK OWL (S.ulula ulula) UNCOMMON OR LOCALIZED VISITOR, BEST VARANGERBOTN - NESSEBY
BOREAL OWL (A.funereus funereus) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM VESTRE JAKOBSELV 25.03. AND 28.03.1992
SHORT-EARED OWL (A.flammeus flammeus) COMMON SPRING AND SUMMER VISITOR
COMMON SWIFT (A.apus apus) IRREGULAR AND UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR. SEEN BETWEEN 31.05. - 26.08.
EURASIAN WRYNECK (J.torquilla torquilla) RARE SUMMER VISITOR, HAS NESTED ONCE NEAR VADSØ
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER (P.minor minor) RARE VISITOR, NESTED IN NYBORGDALEN IN 1972
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER (P.major major) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, RECORDED VADSØ AUG. - SEPT., VESTRE JAKOBSELV AND HAMNINGBERG
THREE-TOED WOODPECKER (P.tridactylus tridactylus) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON RESIDENT, VARANGERBOTN - NESSEBY
BLACK WOODPECKER (D.martius martius) VAGRANT. ONE OBSERVATION KNOWN FROM NESSEBY
SKY LARK (A.arvensis arvensis) LOCALIZED VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, ALONG THE COAST
HORNED LARK (E.alpestris flava) LOCALLY COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, SEEN AS LATE AS NOVEMBER. ONCE IN FEBRUARY ON VADSØYA
SAND MARTIN (R.riparia riparia) UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR. NESTS OCCATIONALLY EAST TO HAMNINGBERG
BARN SWALLOW (H.rustica rustica) LOCALLY FAIRLY COMMON SUMMER VISITOR
NORTHERN HOUSE-MARTIN (D.urbica urbica) UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR, MIGHT NEST SOME YEARS
YELLOW WAGTAIL (M.flava thunbergi) LOCALLY COMMON VISITOR, SPRING TO AUTUMN. OBSERVED FROM NESSEBY TO PERSFJORD
Yellow Wagtail (M.flava feldegg) VAGRANT. OBSERVED 02.06.1982 AT EKKERØY
GREY WAGTAIL (M.cinerea cinerea) RARE VISITOR, HAS NESTED. SEEN KRAMVIK 1973 - 1986 - 1987, TOMASELV 1982 AND NESSEBY 1973
WHITE WAGTAIL (M.alba alba) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
MEADOW PIPIT (A.pratensis pratensis) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
TREE PIPIT (A.trivialis trivialis) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR, BEST VARANGERBOTN - NESSEBY
RED-THROATED PIPIT (A.cervinus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
ROCK PIPIT (A.petrosus littoralis) LOCALISED AND UNCOMMON VISITOR, SPRING TO AUTUMN
RED-BACKED SHRIKE (L.collurio collurio) VAGRANT. A MALE SEEN AT TOMASELV 07.10.1972
NORTHERN SHRIKE (L.excubitor excubitor) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SEEN VADSØ 04.10.1973 AND 05.06.1975, AND NESSEBY IN AUGUST
BOHEMIAN WAXWING (B.garrulus garrulus) UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR AUTUMN, WINTER AND SPRING. BEST NESSEBY - VADSØ
WHITE-THROATED DIPPER (C.cinclus cinclus) LOCALISED RESIDENT ALONG RIVERS
HEDGE ACCENTOR (P.modularis modularis) UNCOMMON VISITOR IN SMALL NUMBERS, SPRING TO AUTUMN
EUROPEAN ROBIN (E.rubecula rubecula) RARE  VISITOR, KNOWN FROM VADSØ 12.05.1971, NESSEBY 13.07.1975,  EKKERØY 19. - 21.06.1997 AND VARDØ 08.05.1998.
BLUETHROAT (L.svecica svecica) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
BLACK REDSTART (P.ochruros gibraltariensis) VAGRANT. OBSERVED NESSEBY 06.06.1979, AND A FEMALE AT VARDØ ULTIMO APRIL 1989
COMMON REDSTART (P.phoenicurus phoenicurus) UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR IN VERY SMALL NUMBERS, FROM VARANGERBOTN TO VADSØ
WHINCHAT (S.rubetra) RARE VISITOR, 1 EX VADSØ 25.05.1974, A PAIR NESSEBY 09.07.1967 AND 1 EX 22.07.1975, ONE HAMNINGBERG 31.05.1997
NORTHERN WHEATEAR (O.oenanthe oenanthe) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
RING OUZEL (T.torquatus torquatus) UNCOMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, IN SMALL NUMBERS
EURASIAN BLACKBIRD (T.merula merula) VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN. RECORDED VESTRE JAKOBSELV - KIBERG, ONCE HAMNINGBERG, ONCE SVARTNES.
FIELDFARE (T.pilaris) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, RARE OR ABSENT DURING WINTER
REDWING (T.iliacus iliacus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
SONG THRUSH (T.philomelos philomelos) VERY RARE VISITOR, RECORDS FROM BERGEBYDALEN IN JUNE 1972 - 1975
SEDGE WARBLER (A.schoenobaenus) LOCALIZED SUMMER VISITOR, NESTING CONFIRMED NESSEBY
EURASIAN REED-WARBLER (A.scirpaceus scirpaceus) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR JUNE - JULY. OBSERVED NESSEBY - SALTTJERN. ONCE KRAMVIK 16.06.1989.
WILLOW WARBLER (P.trochilus acredula) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
EURASIAN CHIFFCHAFF (P.collybita abietinus) VERY UNCOMMON SPRING AND SUMMER VISITOR. POSSIBLE NESTING NEAR NESSEBY AND VADSØ NOT CONFIRMED
ARCTIC WARBLER (P.borealis borealis) RARE SPRING AND SUMMER VISITOR, EARLY RECORD 19.MAY. BEST VARANGERBOTN - V.JAKOBSELV. ALSO OBSERVED PERSFJORD
BLACKCAP (S.atricapilla atricapilla) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM ONE MALE IN VADSØ 12.10.19??
GARDEN WARBLER (S.borin borin) VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR, BEST AROUND NESSEBY IN JUNE - JULY, ONCE KRAMPENES 14.07.1992
GREATER WHITETHROAT (S.communis communis) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM ONE MALE AT VESTRE JAKOBSELV 05.07.1980
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (M.striata striata) VERY UNCOMMON SUMMER VISITOR, NESTED KRAMPENES IN 1992, ALSO SEEN VESTRE JAKOBSELV AND THREE TIMES ON EKKERØY (1 EX. EKKERØY 10.06.1990 - Bosse Danielsson)
EUROPEAN PIED FLYCATCHER (F.hypoleuca hypoleuca) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
WILLOW TIT (P.montanus loennbergi) FAIRLY COMMON RESIDENT, VARANGERBOTN - VADSØ. ONE OBS. ON EKKERØY
SIBERIAN TIT (P.cinctus lapponicus) VERY LOCALIZED RESIDENT, BEST VARANGERBOTN - NESSEBY. ALSO SEEN IN VADSØ OCTOBER 1997
GREAT TIT (P.major major) FAIRLY COMMON LOCALIZED RESIDENT, OBSERVED EAST TO VARDØ
EUROPEAN BLUE TIT (P.caeruleus caeruleus) VAGRANT
WOOD NUTHATCH (S.europaea europaea) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM ONE OBSERVATION IN VADSØ MARCH 1996
YELLOWHAMMER (E.citrinella citrinella) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, KNOWN FROM VARDØ AREA IN MAY AND SEPT., VADSØ IN DEC. AND TWICE HAMNINGBERG AREA
LITTLE BUNTING (E.pusilla) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON VISITOR; SALTTJERN, SANDFJORD, NESSEBY AND LANGBUNES
RUSTIC BUNTING (E.rustica rustica) VAGRANT. ONE MALE SEEN VADSØ 26.05.1968
REED BUNTING (E.schoeniclus schoeniclus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
LAPLAND LONGSPUR (C.lapponicus lapponicus) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN
SNOW BUNTING (P.nivalis nivalis) COMMON ON MIGRATION SPRING AND AUTUMN, LOCALIZED DURING SUMMER. TWO WINTER OBS.: SALTTJERN FEB.1997 AND VADSØYA 10. FEB. 1998
CHAFFINCH (F.coelebs coelebs) RARE TO VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR, OBSERVED KIBERG 09.07.1976 AND HAMNINGBERG 26.06.1994
BRAMBLING (F.montifringilla) COMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, EAST TO VADSØ
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH (C.chloris chloris) LOCALIZED SPRING TO AUTUMN. RARE OR ABSENT WINTER
EURASIAN SISKIN (C.spinus) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR TO THE VARANGERBOTN AREA, ALSO SEEN IN THE VARDØ AREA IN 1981
HOARY REDPOLL (C.hornemanni) FAIRLY COMMON RESIDENT
COMMON REDPOLL (C.flammea flammea) COMMON RESIDENT, LESS COMMON DURING WINTER
TWITE (C.flavirostris flavirostris) UNCOMMON VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, SEEN NESSEBY, VADSØ, THE VARDØ AREA AND HAMNINGBERG
EURASIAN LINNET (C.cannabina cannabina) VAGRANT. KNOWN FROM 1 EX. AT VARDØ 07.07.1995
RED CROSSBILL (L.curvirostra curvirostra) VERY UNCOMMON NON-BREEDING VISITOR
WHITE-WINGED CROSSBILL (L.leucoptera bifasciata) RARE NON-BREEDING VISITOR, SEEN SKALLELV 11.07.1972 AND 3 JUV. KOMAGNES 05.07.1996, 1 JUV. VARDØ 01.07.1996
EURASIAN BULLFINCH (P.pyrrhula pyrrhula) UNCOMMON TO RARE VISITOR, SEEN ALL YEAR
HAWFINCH (C.coccothraustes coccothraustes) VERY RARE VISITOR. RECORDED ONCE IN VADSØ 1972, ONCE VESTRE JAKOBSELV, ca. 1990, AND ONCE INDRE KIBERG IN MAY 1997
HOUSE SPARROW (P.domesticus domesticus) COMMON RESIDENT NEAR HABITATIONS
EURASIAN TREE SPARROW (P.montanus montanus) VERY RARE VISITOR, SEEN SALTTJERN 27.06.1974, VADSØ 08.07.1974 AND KOMAGVÆR 13.04.1995
COMMON STARLING (S.vulgaris vulgaris) LOCALIZED VISITOR SPRING TO AUTUMN, BEST NESSEBY - KRAMPENES
EURASIAN JAY (G.glandarius glandarius) VAGRANT. OBSERVED VARANGERBOTN 09.11.1972 AND 20.04.1973
BLACK-BILLED MAGPIE (P.pica fennorum) LOCALLY COMMON RESIDENT
EURASIAN JACKDAW (C.monedula monedula) VAGRANT. TWO OBS.: KNOWN FROM A BIRD NEAR NESSEBY 03.04.94 AND A BIRD AT KRAMPENES 17. - 25.05.1995
ROOK (C.frugileus frugileus) RARE VISITOR, KNOWN FROM NESSEBY 20.06.1982, PERSFJORDEN 12.05.1988, AND KRAMPENES 14. - 18.05.1995
HOODED CROW (C.corone cornix) COMMON RESIDENT
COMMON RAVEN (C.corax corax) COMMON RESIDENT