Svalbard dunlin mating season


Dunlin couple, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

5 June 2013. Still in the marshy tundra area in Adventdalen valley on Spitsbergen, where we saw dunlins.

Dunlin couple mating, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

It is mating season for the dunlins.

Dunlin couple still mating, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

Dunlin couple, Adventdalen, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

Dunlin couple mating again, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

Dunlin couple flying, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

Dunlin couple mating again yet, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

Dunlin couple mating, Adventdalen, Svalbard, 5 June 2013

As we go back to Longyearbyen, an Arctic skua.

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