The marine park region is a paradise for ornithologists and birders! The waters of the estuary and fjord lie adjacent to a multitude of terrestrial habitats, over 150 bird species have been recorded here.

 

Some of these species are seabirds, whose diet consists largely of invertebrates and saltwater fish. In this group are shorebirds, or limicolous species (woodcocks, sandpipers, etc.); pelagic birds, such as the dovekie, that live on the water and feed there on plankton; and diving birds, such as the fish-eating gulls and cormorants, and the eider ducks and scoters that feed on molluscs and crustaceans. 

 

These birds use the marine milieu for other purposes as well. It provides a place where they can rest, moult sheltered from predators, reproduce, rear their young, overwinter…

 

Many of the islands in the estuary hold seabird colonies.