A Whinchat was spotted by Eyrarbakki harbour yesterday morning and today when I came there it was still there despite the cold. The last couple of nights it has been unusually cold and last night the frost went down to minus 8° C. So not a warm welcome to this little bird here in Iceland.

The Whinchat is a small migratory passerine bird. It is a vagrant in Iceland but a common breeding bird throughout the whole of Europe and Western Asia. Its winter grounds are in central Africa.

The Whinchat is a beautiful bird similar in size to the Robin. It was looking for feed by the shore in seaweed and some stone barriers west of the harbour.