Kittiwake

Black-legged kittiwake sitting on top of one of the Kittiwake hotels in Vardø.

Here the kittiwakes have more and more moved from the bird cliffs into town, so locals built kittiwake hotels (breeding platforms) so they would nest away from the houses.

It was really nice to see so many healthy kittiwakes breeding in those boxes this year, especially after a catastrophic year with avian flu in 2023.