Discover the Faroes
Wildlife
Two million seabirds, a handful of land mammals and an ocean full of life.
Seabirds
Puffins, guillemots, fulmars and kittiwakes on the great cliff walls.
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Birds
Oystercatchers, snipe, wheatears and the birds of the inland moor.
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Birds of prey
Ravens, skuas and the hunters of the open moor.
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Mammals
Mountain hare, brown rat and the famous Faroese sheep.
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Marine mammals
Grey seals, pilot whales, orca and passing humpbacks.
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Fish
Cod, saithe, salmon and the fish that built the country.
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Marine life
Kelp forests, tide pools and the cold clear Atlantic shore.
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Insects
A small, hardy fauna adapted to wind and rain.
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