Svalbard Arctic terns and gulls

6 June 2013 on Spitsbergen. After the Adventdalen valley and the mountain above it, to the area west of Longyearbyen village, to the direction of Bjørndalen valley. Along the coast, many kittiwakes fly. Some in flocks; some, like the one on this photo, alone.

There are bigger gulls as well, glaucous gulls. Usually, at least here today, they fly alone.

Many fulmars flying past, from the east to the west, again too.

It seems that more Arctic terns have arrived here from their long journey to the Antarctic and back than last time I was here, two days ago.

Sometimes, they sit down on driftwood on the stony beach.

Sometimes, they sit down on rocks.

Sometimes, they call (not on the photos).

Sometimes, they fly.

There are Arctic skuas here as well. They will be in a later blog post.

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