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This page lists books about birds and birdwatching in the Faroe Islands.

The books are listed by publication date with the most recent at the top.

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Faroe Islands

James Proctor

3rd edition

2013

"Situated between Scotland and Iceland, the Faroe Islands are arguably one of Europe's best-kept secrets. Wild, wet and windy, they are off the main tourist trail and remain one of the few places in the world where life moves at a sedate pace. Written by James Proctor, who has been visiting the islands for over 20 years, this new edition has been updated throughout. It brings together all the practical information that the independent traveller needs: details of new website addresses, transport links, weather reports, emerging tour operators, and information on new hotels and restaurants throughout all 18 islands. A visit there is a tremendously rewarding experience."

Faroer Inseln / Faroe Islands

Marco Paoluzzo

2010

"During his first trip to Iceland in 1991, the Swiss Photographer Marco Paoluzzo stayed on the Faroe Isles for two days. He was immediately mesmerised by the solitary group of islands in the North Atlantic. More birds and sheep than people live on the isles that can be found over 1300 kilometres off the Danish coast. It rains over 300 days a year there yet the climate by no means affects the magic of the sinister and mysterious scenery. Each time the photographer visited the isles, he came closer to their essence and unspoiled wild beauty. He discovered a place beyond time, a refuge where you can dream and enjoy life, a spot that offers peace and a space that seems to stretch forever."

Wildlife of the North Atlantic: A Cruising Guide

Tony Soper

Bradt

2008

"The latest edition to Tony Soper's successful wildlife series, North Atlantic: A Guide to the Wildlife, is beautifully illustrated throughout with watercolour paintings by renowned wildlife artist Dan Powell. This full-colour guide covers the surface wildlife that inhabits the waters of the North Atlantic. As a practical guide, it's an ideal companion for anyone at sea or exploring the coast between Brittany and the British Isles, Norway, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Newfoundland and Maine. Sail the region and experience the company of gannets, fulmars, pigeons, leaping dolphins and sociable seals."

Flight of the Wild Geese

Graham Uney

2008

"The sight of strings of wild Barnacle geese flying overhead, with a noisy chorus of honking, will be a familiar sight to many. However, following their migration, little is known about the lives of these sociable geese. "Flight of the Wild Geese" tells the story of the winter wildlife of the Solway Firth, that wonderfully wild estuary set between the rugged hills of Cumbria and the rolling farmland, moors and forests of Dumfries and Galloway. It explores the links that these beautiful places share with the most remote islands of the North Atlantic, and with the stunning landscapes of the high Arctic. This is a book of birds, of people, and of places.The author's sea journey takes in a number of remote islands, beginning with the two Scottish outliers of North Rona and Sula Sgeir, then venturing ever northwards via the stunning rocky coasts of the Faroe Islands, the black-sand volcanics of Jan Mayen, and the great sea bird colonies of Bear Island before encountering pack ice in the vast sea channel of Storfjorden. Here, in Svalbard's Arctic waters, ivory gulls roamed the ice islands searching for food, while seals hunted the open flats between. Arctic wildlife filled every space, backed by an array of glistening snow peaks, their glaciers carving rivers of ice down to the sea. This was the author's first view of Svalbard - Kingdom of the Ice Bear.The author also reflects on his life as a writer, photographer and environmental surveyor. Growing up in the flatlands of East Yorkshire where his love of wildlife was instilled, he yearned to know more about where the winter-visiting birds went during the summer. He learnt a great deal about waders, ducks, geese and swans at the Humber Estury but, once these birds had migrated to cooler climes in the summer, their lives were a mystery. Later in life and with the Solway Firth on his doorstep, where some of the largest numbers of geese are to be found, he decided to find out."

Birds on the Faroe Islands

Huw Morgan

Hamlyn

1996

"The Faroe Islands, a place whose image was wrought through listening to countless shipping forecasts when the author was living on the Welsh Island of Skokholm, has been the inspiration for this book. The intricate pen and ink illustrations of many of the birds that may be observed on the Faroe Islands are complemented by a short commentary exploring the naming of the birds in Faroese."

The Distribution of Seabirds and Ceteceans Between the Shetland and Faroe Islands

P. Bloor, J. Reid, A. Webb, G. Begg and M. Tasker

1996