Wildlife Count 2020

Each year we keep a running tally of all the wildlife we see during our adventures in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. We do this so we can compare year over year how much wildlife we see in order to have an understanding of how populations in the North are faring, and so that we can share with our guests what they might expect to see when they join us on a Tundra Buggy® excursion.

Note that these are the number of sightings, not the number of individual animals. The numbers are lower this year simply because we did not have the same amount of Tundra Buggies out or guests viewing. 

Below is our list of top wildlife sightings recorded in 2020 in no particular order. For comparison, check out our 2019 Top Ten List.

TOP WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS IN 2020

#1 CANADA GOOSE & Brant Goose: 100 (COMPARED TO 5820 IN 2019)

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#2 BALD EAGLE: 64 (COMPARED TO 46 IN 2019)

© Jim Baldwin

#3 SNOW GOOSE: 27 (COMPARED TO 1197 IN 2019)

© Jim Baldwin

#4 Caribou: 9 (Compared to 18 in 2019)

© Brandi Hayberg

#5 SANDHILL CRANES: 86 (COMPARED TO 135 IN 2019)

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#6 POLAR BEARS: 202 (COMPARED TO 285 IN 2019)

© Abby Matheson

 #7 WHIMBREL: 15 (COMPARED TO 151 IN 2019)

© Jim Baldwin

#8 Snowy Owl 3 (COMPARED TO 4 IN 2019)

© Sandra jenkins

#9 WILLOW PTARMIGAN: 175 (COMPARED TO 805 IN 2019)

© Jim Baldwin

#10 TUNDRA SWAN: 88 (COMPARED TO 177 IN 2019)

© Jim Baldwin

HONOURABLE MENTIONS 

Wolverine: 1

Red fox: 3

Arctic fox: 1

Cover Image ©Johnny Chen