Map of Þingeyjarsýsla Region
Type of wildlife experience
Whale watching has been a growing business in the area's largest town, Húsavík, which sometimes is called the "Whale watching capital of Europe" (although not formally certified as such).
This north eastern region of Iceland is also popular birding destination. One of the areas projects recently has been the marking of good birding spots and the publication of a special birding brochure.
Seals, foxes and minks can also be spotted through the area.
Season
Whales: 1st of May trough out September
- Birds: April - August - See birding brochure
- Seals, foxes and minks: All year
Wildlife experience companies
Common animals and birds
Sea mammals
| Toothed whales | Baleen Whales | Seals |
| Harbor Porpise | Blue whale | Harbor Seal |
| Atlantic White-sided dolphin | Fin Whale | Gray Seal |
| Long-finned Pilot Whale | Humpback Whale | |
| Orca | Minke Whale | |
|
Bottlenose Whale |
Sei Whale | |
| Sperm Whale | ||
| White-beaked Dolphin |
Birds
Great Northern Diver
Ring-necked Duck
Dunlin
Red-necked Diver
Tufted Duck
Snipe
Slavonian Grebe
Greater Scaup
Black-tailed Godwit
Fulmar
Common Eider
Whimbrel
Gannet
King Eider
Curlew
Cormorant
Harlequin
Redshank
Grey Heron
Long-tailed Duck
Turnstone
Whooper Swan
Common Scoter
Red-necked Phalarope
Pink-footed Goose
Barrow's Goldeneye
Grey Phalarope
White-fronted Goose
Goldeneye
Arctic Skua
Greylag Goose
Red-breasted Merg.
Great Skua
Barnacle Goose
Goosander
Litle Gull
Shelduck
Merlin
Black-headed Gull
Wigeon
Gyrfalcon
Common Gull
American Wigeon
Ptarmigan
Lesser Bl.-backed Gull
Gadwall
Oystercatcher
Herring Gull
Teal
Ringed Plover
Iceland Gull
Green-winged Teal
Golden Plover
Glaucous Gull
Mallard
Knot
Great Bl. Backed Gull
Pintail
Sanderling
Kittiwake
Shoveler
Purple Sandpiper
Arctic Tern
Common Guillemot
Short-eared Owl
Redwing
Brünnichs Guillemot
Meadow Pipit
Raven
Black Guillemot
Pied Wagtail
Redpoll
Razorbill
Wren
Snow Bunting
Puffin
Norhern Wheatear
