NORTHERN LEGENDS: IRELAND, SCOTLAND & ICELAND
June 23, 2025 – July 5, 2025
Captain: Discovery Leader:
Shore Excursion: Manager Izabela Durka
Total Nautical Miles: Northern most latitude reached:
01. June 23 - Dublin
02. June 24 - Port Ellen, Islay, Scotland
03. June 25 - Oban, Scotland
04. June 26 - Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
05. June 27 - Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland
06. June 28 - Torshvan, Faroe Islands
07. June 29 - Midvagur (through Torshavn), Faroe Islands
08. June 30 - Seydisfjordur, Iceland
09. July 1 - Grimsey Island, Iceland
10. July 2 - Akureyri, Iceland
11. July 3 - Isafjordur, Iceland
12. July 4 - Reykjavik, Iceland
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
PETRELS
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis )
ALCIDS
Black Guillemot (Cepphus grylle )
Razorbill (Alca torda )
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica )
Common Murre (Uria aalge )
GULLS AND TERNS
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisea )
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla )
European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus )
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ribibundus )
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus )
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus )
CORMORANTS
European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis)
SKUAS AND JAEGERS
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
GANNETS
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
SHOREBIRDS
Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa laponica)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
WATERFOWL
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadiensis)
Graylag Goose (Anser anser)
Northern Legends: Ireland, Scotland & Iceland: June 23, 2025 – July 5, 2025
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
LOONS
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Red-thoated Loon (Gavia stellata)
PIGEONS AND DOVES
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia palumbus)
Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
HERONS
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
RAPTORS
White-talied Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
PTARMIGANS
Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
PASERINES
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
European Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
PINNIPEDS
Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Gray Seal (Halichoerus grypus)
CETACEANS
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
OTHER NOTABLE SIGHTINGS:
European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus )
Wood Mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus )
