Spring birdwatch in Iceland
The first Arctic terns have now arrived in north and west Iceland; as well as some rarer varieties, such as swallows, finches and other foreign specie...
Has spring come early to Iceland?
The first golden plover of the year has been seen in Iceland — raising hopes that spring may be just around the corner.
Oil covered birds shot following Norway shipping accident
Hundreds of sea birds have had to be shot after landing in oil which leaked from Godafoss, the Eimskip container ship, off Norway last week.
Iceland’s puffin stock in crisis
If the patterns of recent years continue, Iceland’s Westman Islands could lose their famous puffin colony altogether. The reason is a collapse i...
The plover is come!
Iceland’s harbinger of summer is the golden plover whose arrival to the country every year is welcomed as a sure sign of winter’s passing – whatever t...
Seabird numbers dropping around Iceland
There has been another significant decrease in the numbers some species of cliff birds around Iceland. The situation of some populations, such as puff...
Fast tern tragedy foxes Flatey, totally
“You could barely hear anything except Arctic terns before, but now you barely hear them at all,” says Magnus Jonsson, a farmer on Flatey Island off n...
Seabird numbers drop alarmingly in Iceland
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 ...