Falkland Islands Important Bird Area
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area
57 bird species recorded; the most from November to February.
Nick / from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
This month here
49 species in January.46 species in February.46 species in March.39 species in April.40 species in May.29 species in June.11 species in July.4 species in August.30 species in September.43 species in October.47 species in November.48 species in December.
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.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
57 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 57Speciesrecorded more than once
- 25Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 3,107Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 9Waders
- 15Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 9Songbirds
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 57 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Buteo polyosomaButeo polyosoma
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisVU
- Rufous-chested DotterelCharadrius modestus
- Blackish OystercatcherHaematopus ater
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
- Magellanic SnipeGallinago magellanica
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
Gulls & seabirds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Southern Black-backed GullLarus dominicanus
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Antarctic Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbii
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- South American TernSterna hirundinacea
- Brown-hooded GullChroicocephalus maculipennis
- Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus
- King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Antarctic FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeVU
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVU
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Upland GooseChloephaga picta
- Falkland SteamerduckTachyeres brachypterus
- Crested duckLophonetta specularioides
- Kelp GooseChloephaga hybrida
- Yellow-billed TealAnas flavirostris
- Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidiceps
- Chiloe WigeonMareca sibilatrix
- Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphus
- Silver TealSpatula versicolor
- Yellow-billed PintailAnas georgica
- Flying Steamer-DuckTachyeres patachonicus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coscoroba SwanCoscoroba coscoroba
- Red ShovelerSpatula platalea
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Magellan CormorantPhalacrocorax magellanicus
- Imperial ShagLeucocarbo atriceps
- White-tufted GrebeRollandia rolland
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Southern Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalis
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Songbirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-tailed MeadowlarkSturnella loyca
- Canary-winged FinchMelanodera melanodera
- Anthus correnderaAnthus correndera
- Austral ThrushTurdus falcklandii
- Dark-faced Ground-TyrantMuscisaxicola maclovianus
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticusNT
- Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
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 November to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/8°66 mm
- Feb12°/8°58 mm
- Mar11°/7°69 mm
- Apr8°/6°71 mm
- May7°/4°61 mm
- Jun5°/3°56 mm
- Jul4°/2°58 mm
- Aug5°/2°53 mm
- Sep6°/3°49 mm
- Oct7°/4°43 mm
- Nov9°/5°50 mm
- Dec11°/7°56 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area.
Coastal wetland of the Falkland Islands
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Falkland Islands.
57 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 3,107 open records.
The most recorded are the Upland Goose, the Southern Black-backed Gull and the Falkland Steamerduck.
19 species come for the summer, 5 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including White-rumped Sandpiper, Rockhopper Penguin and Lesser yellowlegs.
The most species are recorded from November to February.
Get there and watch
- Mount Pleasant Airport / RAF Mount Pleasant (MPN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight line
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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas5 mountains within 25 kmPleasant Peak230 m · 14 kmSmoko Mountain · 18 kmSmoko Mount · 18 kmMount Wickham · 21 kmMount Challenger · 22 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 kmPeat Cove · 3.9 kmEast Cove · 9.2 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmPleasant Lagoon0.6 km² · 10 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.
Bertha's Beach Important Bird Area
Falkland Islands
- 49Birdyas Score
- 57Species
- 25Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4895455) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 3,107 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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