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Birds of Mithrim and Eithel Sirion

Birds of Dor-lómin

Flora, fauna, geography and environment Masterlist

I’ve finished my series of birds of the Fëanorian realms so I’m doing the Nolofinwëan ones now! As always I include some world building about birds at the end so it’s not just a list of species:)

Hithlum (Sindarin: Mist Shadow) is a land North of greater Beleriand. The Southern and Eastern borders were lined by the Ered Wethrin or Mountains of Shadow which were near impossible to cross and the Northwest border was lined by the Ered Lómin or Echoing Mountains. The fortress of Fingolfin and Fingon after him was located in the Ered Wethrin, at the source of the river Sirion. It was called Barad Eithel

As always please feel free to ask more

Notes: these are species rather than genuses or more general categories however within these species there are likely subspecies not listed as well as specimens not identified in the real world

Lake Mithrim and the connected rivers: grey herons, tufted duck, steller’s eider, goldeneye, bimaculate duck, garganey, snow crane, greylag goose, mute swan, common pochard, common white eye, common teal, northern pintail

Eithel Sirion and the mountains: booted eagle, alpine swift, alpine chough, bearded vulture, golden eagle (rare), alpine accenter, rock ptarmigan, common wallcreeper, red billed chough, water pipit, common redstart, crestless hawk eagle

Greater Hithlum hills and forests : golden plover, black stork, corn bunting, common siskin, white stork, marsh harrier, hen harrier, pallid harrier, saker falcon, greater painted snipe, great bittern, white backed woodpecker, thrushes, marsh wren, river warbler, snowy owls, common raven, black grouse, eagle owl, lesser spotted eagle

World building notes:

Within Barad Eithel, there is a mural of the Crissaegrim where rests the roosts of Thorondor and his kin. The mural was done in tribute to the Eagle king and neither the painters nor Fingolfin knew that the mountain eyries depicted looked over the hidden city of Turgon

The Noldor and Northern Sindar of Mithrim both eat meat though the Noldor more commonly. Water birds from Lake Mithrim are caught and eaten on feasts and celebratory occasions only.

Harriers and saker falcons are held by some of Barad Eithel’s nobles as companions, messengers and hunters. Pallid harriers appear on the crest of the house of one of Fingolfin’s advisers.

Wallcreepers, which live throughout the Ered Wethrin and connected mountain ranges, such as the Ered Lómin and the mountains of Mithrim. They��re an uncommonly docile species for songbirds and are sometimes befriended by members of the Northern Sindar. They’re sometimes depicted to represent mountain life more generally in the art and poetry of the Sindar of Mithrim.

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Bimaculated Duck - high resolution image from old book.