Rannsóknasetur á Suðurlandi
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Golden plover and Lupin
Revegetation like the sowing of introduced Nootka Lupins can have a big effect on biodiversity.
Laugarvatn pond
There is a high diversity of small wetlands around lake Laugarvatn.
Mother of Godwits
Laugarvatn
A view over lake Laugarvatn towards the village.
Skua attacks whimbrel
Skuas and whimbrels join in defense of their breeding haunts but fight in between.
Feeding Oystercatcher
Earthworms are the main food of inland migratory Oystercatchers but coastal residents prefer seafood.
Wintering Whooper swans
Some Whooper swans winter in Iceland but most migrate. Hekla volcano in the background.
Wintering Oystercatchers
Around one third of the Oystercatcher population winters in Iceland but the rest migrates to W-Europe.
Migrating Turstone in camo
Turnstones are high arctic breeders which pass through Iceland in spring and autumn. A few winter.
Böðvar and Tómas during fieldwork
Redhank on the lookout
Sigurður measures shrub encroachment
Pond
Seljalandsfoss
Seljalandsfoss waterfall in South Iceland.
Highland oasis
Palsa mires form on permafrost in the highland interior of Iceland.
Wagtail sampling invertebrates
Highland oasis
Golden plover on rock
Laugarvatn pond
There is a high diversity of small wetlands around lake Laugarvatn. Including this geothermal marsh which remains unfrozen in winter.
Black-tailed Godwit
Böðvar and Sigurður on fieldwork
Migrating plovers
Ducks on Laugarvatn
Autumn plovers
Bird hummock
Bird hummocks form through accumulation of feces and undigested materials on the outlook posts of waders and are diagnostic of the Icelandic landscape.
Becky Laidlaw monitors nests
Each year, hundreds of wader nests are monitored for phenology and success.
Window fly trap
A fly trap used to monitor annual and seasonal variation in inverebrate abundance.
Whooper swans
Lilja with a sheep
Becoming an expert in the effects of agriculture on ecosystems requires engagement
Camilo inspects a whimbrel nest
Wintering oystercatchers
Arctic fox caught on a nest camera
Ringed, Ringed plover
Godwits on spring stubble
Sheep managing habitats for waders
Whimbrel on nest
Black-tailed Godwit
Arctic skua
Godwits on migration
Whimbrel chick
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Black-tailed Godwit