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Atnsjømyrene

115 bird species recorded; the most from June to July.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec96at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Erik den yngre · CC BY-SA 3.0

This month here

9 species in January.

The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.

White-throated Dipper
White-throated DipperCinclus cinclusWinter visitorAlun Williams333 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Willow Ptarmigan
Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopusWinter visitorYathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0
Northern Raven
Northern RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black Grouse
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixWinter visitorUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorWinter visitorПлешков Алексей · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Scoter
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraWinter visitorStephan Sprinz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tufted Duck
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentAlexis Lours · CC BY 4.0
Eurasian Teal
Eurasian TealAnas creccaResidentKoshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India · CC BY 2.0
Eurasian Wigeon
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeResidentПочта России · Public domain
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

115 species, counted.

63out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 115Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 90Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 2,249Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 703 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 7Raptors
  • 4Owls
  • 12Waders
  • 4Gulls & seabirds
  • 12Ducks & geese
  • 2Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 1Storks & cranes
  • 61Songbirds
  • 12Other birds

From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.

The checklist

All 115 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • MerlinFalco columbarius
  • Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
  • Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
  • Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Northern Hawk-OwlSurnia ulula
  • Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
  • Eurasian Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium passerinum
  • Tengmalm's OwlAegolius funereus
Waders12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • RedshankTringa totanus
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
  • Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
  • Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
  • Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
  • DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
Gulls & seabirds4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Common GullLarus canus
  • Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
  • Eurasian TealAnas crecca
  • Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
  • Greater ScaupAythya marila
  • GoosanderMergus merganser
  • Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
  • Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds61 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • BramblingFringilla montifringilla
  • FieldfareTurdus pilaris
  • White WagtailMotacilla alba
  • Great titParus major
  • Willow TitPoecile montanus
  • Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
  • European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
  • Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
  • Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
  • Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
  • Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
  • Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
  • Siberian JayPerisoreus infaustus
  • Eurasian MagpiePica pica
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
  • Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
  • European RobinErithacus rubecula
  • Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
  • Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
  • BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
  • Northern RavenCorvus corax
  • Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus
  • Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
  • European GreenfinchChloris chloris
  • Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
  • Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
  • RedwingTurdus iliacus
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
  • Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
  • BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
  • European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
  • Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
  • Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
  • Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
  • DunnockPrunella modularis
  • Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
  • GoldcrestRegulus regulus
  • Siberian TitPoecile cinctus
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
  • Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
  • Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
  • Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
  • Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
  • Coal TitPeriparus ater
  • Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
  • Willow titParus montanus
  • Garden WarblerSylvia borin
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • TwiteLinaria flavirostris
  • Carrion CrowCorvus corone
  • Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
Other birds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common CuckooCuculus canorus
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
  • Western CapercaillieTetrao urogallus
  • Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
  • Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
  • Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
  • Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
  • Eurasian Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylus
  • PtarmiganLagopus muta
  • WryneckJynx torquilla
  • Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minor

Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.

When to go

The most species from June to July.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan9-8°/-13°57 mm
  2. Feb11-6°/-14°42 mm
  3. Mar20-3°/-12°43 mm
  4. Apr411°/-6°52 mm
  5. May796°/-1°92 mm
  6. Jun9613°/4°125 mm
  7. Jul9315°/7°148 mm
  8. Aug7813°/6°147 mm
  9. Sep388°/2°85 mm
  10. Oct292°/-4°77 mm
  11. Nov9-4°/-9°65 mm
  12. Dec4-7°/-12°53 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Atnsjømyrene.

Protected area in Norway (Naturbase code: VV00001881)

Atnsjømyrene is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Norway, 703 m above the sea.

115 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,249 open records.

The most recorded are the Willow Warbler, the Tufted Duck and the Brambling.

71 species come for the summer, 14 for the winter and 5 only pass through.

2 are threatened worldwide, including Horned Grebe and Velvet scoter.

The most species are recorded from June to July.

Fv 27 Atnmyrene
Erik den yngre · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and watch

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The place and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.

Atnsjømyrene seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 26marked trails within 4 kmRondanestien (fjellet) and 25 more
  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmStrømbu
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmBjørnhollia, Skogli hytteutleie og Camping Atna, Rondetunet friluftsenter
  • 30places to stay within 10 kmBjørnhollia, Nordre Moen sæter, Rabben and 27 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • observation towers within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Atnsjømyrene.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas356 mountains within 25 km
Høgronden2,115 m · 11 kmStorronden2,139 m · 12 kmRondeslottet2,178 m · 12 kmVinjeronden2,044 m · 12 kmMidtronden2,062 m · 13 kmDigerronden2,016 m · 14 kmVeslesmeden2,016 m · 17 kmTrolltinden2,018 m · 20 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 km
Atnsjøen5.0 km² · 7.0 kmBreidsjøen1.5 km² · 10 kmFremre Vulutjønna0.3 km² · 11 kmHolmsjøen0.8 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
RondeslottetBortle 2 · 12 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 km
Atnfossen · 10 kmLiafossen · 12 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The place, as people saw it.

Other places nearby.

Atnsjømyrene

Norway

  • 63Birdyas Score
  • 115Species
  • 90Migrants
  • 2Threatened

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  • 76Birdyas Score
  • 169Species
  • 137Migrants
  • 6Threatened

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  • 88Birdyas Score
  • 254Species
  • 189Migrants
  • 11Threatened

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  • 87Birdyas Score
  • 236Species
  • 158Migrants
  • 11Threatened

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q17749515) · CC0
Birds2,249 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.