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| Black-headed Gull near Grótta |
Down the road from Reykjavik city center there is a delightful nature preserve named
Grótta designed to protect a tern colony on a small lighthouse island. Regrettably, it was high tide when I arrived in the early morning so I couldn't access the island itself, but I did walk the beach and along the adjacent pond.
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| Ruddy Turnstone and Arctic Tern |
As anticipated, there was an abundance of shorebirds, some resident and some migrating through.
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| Common Ringed Plover |
I was happy to spot European species such as the ringed plover and the redshank, even if I didn't get the greatest photo of the latter...
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| Common Redshank |
I will admit having mixed feelings about another resident bird, limited geographically now but spreading.
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| Common Starlings |
I'm hoping the relative lack of suitable cavities (no trees in much of Iceland) will keep the starlings near the city.
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| The path between the sea and the pond |
Down the pond, some now familiar sights.
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| Greylag Geese and Whooper Swan |
Including a distant group of Glaucous Gulls (associating with black-backed and maybe Herring Gulls).
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| Gulls and human residences |
Can you identify the fuglar of Seltjarnarnes?
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