Revegetation like the sowing of introduced Nootka Lupins can have a big effect on biodiversity.

There is a high diversity of small wetlands around lake Laugarvatn.

A view over lake Laugarvatn towards the village.

Skuas and whimbrels join in defense of their breeding haunts but fight in between.

Earthworms are the main food of inland migratory Oystercatchers but coastal residents prefer seafood.

Some Whooper swans winter in Iceland but most migrate. Hekla volcano in the background.

Around one third of the Oystercatcher population winters in Iceland but the rest migrates to W-Europe.

Turnstones are high arctic breeders which pass through Iceland in spring and autumn. A few winter.

Seljalandsfoss waterfall in South Iceland.

Palsa mires form on permafrost in the highland interior of Iceland.

There is a high diversity of small wetlands around lake Laugarvatn. Including this geothermal marsh which remains unfrozen in winter.

Bird hummocks form through accumulation of feces and undigested materials on the outlook posts of waders and are diagnostic of the Icelandic landscape.

Each year, hundreds of wader nests are monitored for phenology and success.

A fly trap used to monitor annual and seasonal variation in inverebrate abundance.

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