Norway Ramsar wetland
Runde Ramsar Site
210 bird species recorded; the most from May to July.
MKolm · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
56 species in January.63 species in February.60 species in March.130 species in April.163 species in May.159 species in June.153 species in July.135 species in August.108 species in September.82 species in October.63 species in November.38 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
210 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).
- 210Speciesrecorded more than once
- 133Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 31,375Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 1Owls
- 29Waders
- 32Gulls & seabirds
- 27Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 84Songbirds
- 16Other 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 210 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVU
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
- Gyr FalconFalco rusticolus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Waders29 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Great SnipeGallinago mediaNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Gulls & seabirds32 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Great skuaStercorarius skua
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaVU
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- FulmarFulmarus glacialis
- Black GuillemotCepphus grylle
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Little AukAlle alle
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Yellow-billed DiverGavia adamsiiNT
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Ducks & geese27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common EiderSomateria mollissimaNT
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Velvet scoterMelanitta fuscaVU
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- GadwallMareca strepera
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- King EiderSomateria spectabilis
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds84 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- European Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- TwiteLinaria flavirostris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Great titParus major
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Marsh warblerAcrocephalus palustris
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Lesser whitethroatSylvia curruca
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European Crested TitLophophanes cristatus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common crossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Blyth’s Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
- Black-headed buntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Red-headed BuntingEmberiza bruniceps
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Other birds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black GrouseLyrurus tetrix
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turturVU
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
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 May to July.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan4°/2°158 mm
- Feb4°/2°138 mm
- Mar5°/3°128 mm
- Apr7°/4°98 mm
- May10°/7°89 mm
- Jun12°/10°98 mm
- Jul15°/12°118 mm
- Aug16°/13°150 mm
- Sep14°/11°177 mm
- Oct10°/8°152 mm
- Nov7°/5°167 mm
- Dec6°/4°184 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Runde Ramsar Site.
Group of protected areas in Norway
Runde Ramsar Site is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Norway.
210 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 31,375 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern gannet, the Great skua and the Atlantic Puffin.
75 species come for the summer, 45 for the winter and 13 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Atlantic Puffin, Black-legged kittiwake and Long-tailed duck.
The most species are recorded from May to July.
Get there and watch
- Goksøyr campingcampsite · 2.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Runde miljøsenterplace to stay · 2.9 km · 2 within 10 km
- Fosnavågnearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
- Ålesund Airport (AES)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at AES airport (Ålesund)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
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
- 1marked trails within 4 km
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmRaudenipa, Kaldekloven, Lundeura and 5 more
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmGoksøyr camping, Herøy Kystcamp, Lanternen
- 2places to stay within 10 kmRunde miljøsenter, Thon Hotel Fosnavåg
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Runde Ramsar Site.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas494 mountains within 25 kmRundevarden · 1.8 kmLeinehornet364 m · 4.8 kmBarmen · 5.2 kmHasundrabben · 15 kmRinden369 m · 18 kmBlåtinden698 m · 20 kmKongsvollen683 m · 20 kmMelshornet · 21 km
Islandyasthe islandRunde6.4 km²
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmSædalsvatnet1.3 km² · 14 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.
Runde Ramsar Site
Norway
- 86Birdyas Score
- 210Species
- 133Migrants
- 10Threatened
Synesvågen Nature Reserve
Norway · 28 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 243Species
- 139Migrants
- 16Threatened
Blindheimsvik Wildlife Sanctuary
Norway · 31 km
- 87Birdyas Score
- 242Species
- 135Migrants
- 15Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q19369006) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 31,375 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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