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| Seawatching
at Gardskagis lighthouse in the afternoon on 24th May. Loads of seabirds
were seen! |
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Great
view from a road restaurant a few kilometres before Blönduós,
where saw several Harlequin Ducks. |
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| View
close to Godafoss, between Akureyri and Mývatn. |
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A
pair of Harlequin Ducks at Laxáälva near Mývatn
in the afternoon on 25th May.
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A
pair of Harlequin Ducks at Laxáälva near Mývatn
in the afternoon on 25th May. |
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| A
pair of Barrow's Goldeneye at Laxáälva. |
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A
female Red-necked Phalarope at Mývatn. |
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| Three views
of Mývatn. Hot and sunny on 26th May and amazing numbers
of birds too! |
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| A
singing Redwing. |
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Common
Snipe – a very common species on Iceland! |
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| Male
Barrow's Goldeneye at Mývatn. |
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Female
Barrow's Goldeneye at Mývatn. |
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| Lundey
(=Puffin Island, which hold about 200 000 pairs) off Husavik seen
from the whalewatching boat Nattfari. |
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A
nice Fulmar at sea off Husavik, photographed from the whalewatching
boat Nattfari. |
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| A
very curious Minke Whale off Husavik, which circling around the boat
for half an hour! |
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The
very same Minke Whale spyhopping close to the boat several times.
A great experience! |
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| Rock
Ptarmigan fairly common on the northerna parts. |
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Male
Snow Bunting. |
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| Black-tailed
Godwit of race islandica. |
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A
beautiful Red Knot in summer plumage. |
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| The
amazing sight of this sexy pair of Red Phalarope feel somewhat wrong
in ones mind. |
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Female
Red Phalarope. In total we saw two pairs on northern Iceland and single
female in Reykjavik. |
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| Four
species of breeding auks at Raudinúpur. |
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Brünnich's
Guillemots. |
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| Kittiwakes. |
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A
2nd cal year male King Eider at Grjótnes. |
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| Adult
male Harlequin Duck. |
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2nd
cal year male Harlequin Duck. |
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| The
amazing fall Dettifoss. |
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Mývatnsveiten
(Namafjall). |
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| The Humpback
Whale at Akureyri showing the fluke before diving. |
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