The majority of members on Iceland’s working group on the protection of sea birds have controversially decided that complete protection of five species is the only way to strengthen their numbers. Read the full story

There has been another significant decrease in the numbers some species of cliff birds around Iceland. The situation of some populations, such as puffins and Brunnich’s guillemots, is much worse along the south coast than in the north. Read the full story

Fuglavernd, the Icelandic bird charity, is urging Minister for the Environment Svandis Svavarsdottir to make urgent arrangements to protect seabirds as a new study points to a serious and ongoing reduction in the number of seabirds around Iceland. Read the full story

The stock of common cliff-nesting seabirds in Iceland has dropped by 20 to 40 percent in the last two decades. The five most numerous species (except the puffin) were counted on bird cliffs in 2005-2008. The census was a rerun of a similar count in 1983-86.

When the results were correlated and compared, it became obvious that numbers had dropped – some seriously, mbl.is reports. Read the full story