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Bird Watching in Stavanger & Jæren
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ENJOY A CITY BREAK AND BIRD WATCHING AT NORWAY’S LEGENDARY BIRDING SITES IN STAVANGER COASTAL ARCHIPELAGO AND JÆREN, NORWAY’S BIRDING EL DORADO
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The Jæren region has the richest avifauna in Norway. About 400 species have been recorded, placing Norway’s southwestern most county as one of the best birding spots anywhere in Europe. This birding holiday, is fully guided and also offers trips from Stavanger harbour, reaching the archipelagos and seabirds all the year around, with trips out to Lindøy and Langøy islands.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Stay in a choice of hotel’s including: Sola Strand Hotel, Beachfront Classic Hotel incorporating the Nordsjøbadet Spa or Kronen Gaard Historic Hotel in Sandnes • Birding Guide • Boat trips to Stavanger’s Archipelago • Over 400 birds species
DAY 1
Arrive in Stavanger on Thursday
On arrival at Stavanger Airport Sola, guests will be greeted and transferred on the short journey to their hotel of choice.
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Photo: Mark Reed Photo: Linda Grotmol Photo: Sola Strand Hotel
DAY 2
Birding on the Archipelago on Friday
Following breakfast, your guide will accompany you into Stavanger for a short city tour before heading out on a boat trip to Lindøy and Langøy islands. You can bird watch on the way, where there are White Tailed Eagles and an abundance of other birds.
BIRDING TICK LIST INCLUDES
• Great Northern Diver • Great Northern Shrike • Grey-headed Woodpecker • King Eider • Pine Grosbeak • Auks • Black Woodpecker • Bluethroats • Common Swifts • Cormorants • Cranes • Crossbill • Cuckoos • Tits • Divers • Dotterels • Finches • Flycatchers • Gannets • Golden Eagles • Grasshopper • Subalpine warblers (plus the eight common warblers • Great Eagle Owl • Grebes • Nutcrackers, Ospreys • Pectoral Sandpiper • Peregrine Falcon • Red-throated Diver • Red-backed shrike • Redstarts, Robins • Spotted Redshank • Temminck Stint • Tengmalms Owl • Thrushes • Wagtails • Warbler • Wheatears • Whinchats • White Tailed Eagles • Woodpeckers • Wrynecks
Photo: Mark Reed
You will also enjoy sightseeing on these amazing islands, whilst hiking and birding.
DAY 3
Birding in Jæren on Saturday
Following breakfast, your guide will collect you and your day of birding will begin on the Jæren.
Expect to see hordes of arctic waders. In the breaks and sheltered bays dabbling and diving ducks share territory with divers, grebes, auks and cormorants. Small fishing harbours along the coast are favourite haunts for large numbers of gulls.
Your guide will also take you into the “JærWoods” with Yellow-browed Warbler, Pallas` Warbler, Citrine Wagtail in abundance.
In autumn the conifer and spruce plantations are alive with crossbills, different tits, woodpeckers, owls, nutcrackers and pine grosbeaks. Black woodpecker, Tengmalms owl, Great eagle owl and Grey headed woodpecker are all recorded in this area.
Your guide will accompany you to lunch, before more birding and your return back to your hotel.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
• Four Star hotel accommodation in the
Sola Strand Hotel & Spa, a beachfront classical hotel, just a few minutes from the airport or the Kronen Gaard Hotel, a member of the Historic Hotels & restaurants of Norway located in
Sandnes about 20 minutes from
Jæren • Fully guided bird watching tour
DAY 4
Back to Jæren on Sunday
Following breakfast and depending on the itinerary set by your bird guide, you will spend another day birding the Jæren coast and also check out some of the special sites along the way. Lunch will be taken at a local café, before returning to your hotel for dinner.
DAY 5
Departure on Monday
Following breakfast guests will transfer back to Stavanger Airport Sola.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION on tour operator net pricing, ground handling, tour guide & destination management, please contact Region Stavanger on T: +47 51 85 92 00,
